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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

International Journal of Infection, 2015
Context: Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is amongst severe and fatal viral hemorrhagic fevers. In February 2014, a strain of the Ebola virus appeared in Guinea and then in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Mali. The aim of this study was to review the literature on EHF and discuss its routes of transmission and prevention.
Maryam Keshtkar Jahromi, Batool Sharifi Mood   +1 more
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Emergence of deadly viral haemorrhagic fever disease outbreaks in West Africa

Virulence, 2023
Recent viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) disease outbreaks caused by Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) in West Africa are unique and alarming.
Widaliz Vega-Rodriguez, Hinh Ly
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Clinical Manifestations and Case Management of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever caused by a newly identified virus strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007-2008 [PDF]

, 2012
A confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak in Bundibugyo, Uganda, November 2007-February 2008, was caused by a putative new species (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). It included 93 putative cases, 56 laboratory-confirmed cases, and 37 deaths (CFR = 25%).
A Grolla, A MacNeil, A Tuffs, AJ Georges, AM Casillas, B Jeffs, B Le Guenno, Benjamin Jeffs, BS Hewlett, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DG Bausch, DH Smith, DL Heymann, E Mupere, ED Johnson, EM Leroy, EM Leroy, Esther Sterk, GA Martini, GA Martini, JL Conrad, Joseph Wamala, JS Gear, JS Towner, Julius Lutwama, K Kibadi, K Mupapa, K Mupapa, KJ Davis, M Borchert, M Bray, M Bray, MA Bwaka, Malcolm Gracie Semple, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Matthias Borchert, ME Miranda, Michel Van Herp, MJ Bonnet, Natasha Howard, NK Jaax, P Formenty, P Formenty, P Francesconi, P Roddy, P Roddy, Paul Roddy, PE Rollin, Pedro Pablo Palma, PH Sureau, R Colebunders, R Ndambi, R Siegert, RC Baron, Robert Colebunders, RT Emond, S Becker, SF Dowell, SP Fisher-Hoch, SR Zaki, TH Roels, U Stroher, Y Kalongi, Zabulon Yoti   +66 more
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Ebolavirosis: a 2014 Review for Clinicians

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014
Ebolavirosis, like Marburgvirosis, are African zoonosis, and for both the primary animal reservoir are bats. It is a typical acute haemorrhagic fever, characterized by a high lethality rate.
Jaime Nina
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A review of epidemiological parameters from Ebola outbreaks to inform early public health decision-making. [PDF]

, 2015
The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has, as of 29 April 2015, resulted in more than 10,884 deaths among 26,277 cases. Prior to the ongoing outbreak, Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused relatively small outbreaks (maximum outbreak ...
Bento, AI, Donnelly, CA, Ferguson, NM, Mills, HL, Van Kerkhove, MD   +4 more
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Updates in diagnosis and management of Ebola hemorrhagic fever

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2016
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a lethal viral disease transmitted by contact with infected people and animals. Ebola infection represents a worldwide health threat causing enormous mortality rates and fatal epidemics. Major concern is pilgrimage seasons with
Salah Mohamed El Sayed, Ali A Abdelrahman, Hani Adnan Ozbak, Hassan Abdullah Hemeg, Ali Mohammed Kheyami, Nasser Rezk, Mohamed Baioumy El-Ghoul, Manal Mohamed Helmy Nabo, Yasser Mohamed Fathy   +8 more
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Interventions to Control Virus Transmission During an Outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Experience from Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. [PDF]

, 1999
On 6 May 1995, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever ...
Kerstiëns, B, Matthys, F
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Containing the threat - don't forget Ebola [PDF]

, 2004
In 2000, Uganda experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola fever ever described.
Geisbert, Jonathan Cohen, Lamunu
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Factors Associated with Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever: [PDF]

, 2010
Background. Reliable on-site polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) is not always available. Therefore, clinicians triage patients on the basis of presenting symptoms and contact history.
Bengi Moco Henrique, Benjamin Jeffs, Fernando Paixao Damiao Machado, Heinz Feldmann, James E. Strong, Luis Villa, Matthias Borchert, Oscar Bernal, Pascoal Nascimento Folo, Pedro Pablo Palma, Roddy, Paul, Sara L Thomas, Steven M. Jones   +12 more
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Preventing future pandemics and epidemics through a North-South collaboration on genomic surveillance in Africa

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2022
The economy and health of the world’s population have been recurrently affected by infectious diseases since records began in the early 1900s, including large epidemic events that involved diseases such as the ‘Spanish influenza’, West Nile fever, Ebola ...
Vittorio Colizzi, Claudia Alteri, Stefano D'Amelio, Ibrahim Hassan Garba, Marta Giovanetti, Florence Komurian-Pradel, José Lourenço, Stella Mazeri, Adrian Muwonge, Carlo Federico Perno, Gianluca Russo, Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka   +11 more
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