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Delayed Disease Progression in Cynomolgus Macaques Infected with Ebola Virus Makona Strain
In late 2013, the largest documented outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever started in Guinea and has since spread to neighboring countries, resulting in almost 27,000 cases and >11,000 deaths in humans.
Andrea Marzi +5 more
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Presence and persistence of Ebola or Marburg virus in patients and survivors: A rapid systematic review [PDF]
Background: The 2013-15 Ebola outbreak was unprecedented due to sustainedtransmission within urban environments and thousands of survivors. In 2014 the World Health Organization stated that there was insufficient evidence to give definitive guidance ...
Brainard, Julii +4 more
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; a Review Article
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) was first reported in 1976 with two concurrent outbreaks of acute viral hemorrhagic fever centered in Yambuku (near the Ebola River), Democratic Republic of Congo, and also in Nzara, Sudan.
Saeed Safari +4 more
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Community-based Crisis Response: Evidence from Sierra Leone’s Ebola Outbreak [PDF]
Postmortems on the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa suggest that effective community engagement helped slow transmission by encouraging people to come forward and be tested.
Christensen, Darin +4 more
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever, caused by the highly virulent RNA virus of the filoviridae family, has become one of the world's most feared pathogens. The virus induces acute fever and death, often associated with hemorrhagic symptoms in up to 90% of infected ...
Gerald Amandu Matua +2 more
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Awareness of Ebola Virus Disease among the Medical and Non-medical Personnel in Lahore
Background: Ebola hemorrhagic fever, also called Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), is caused by a member of Filoviridae family known as Ebola Virus (EBOV).
Waqas Iftikhar +5 more
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Plant phenology supports the multi-emergence hypothesis for ebola spillover events [PDF]
Ebola virus disease outbreaks in animals (including humans and great apes) start with sporadic host switches from unknown reservoir species. The factors leading to such spillover events are little explored.
Douglas, Noah E. +6 more
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Predicting the extinction of Ebola spreading in Liberia due to mitigation strategies [PDF]
The Ebola virus is spreading throughout West Africa and is causing thousands of deaths. In order to quantify the effectiveness of different strategies for controlling the spread, we develop a mathematical model in which the propagation of the Ebola virus
Aragao Rego, H. H. +3 more
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Perspectives on West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak, 2013–2016
The variety of factors that contributed to the initial undetected spread of Ebola virus disease in West Africa during 2013–2016 and the difficulty controlling the outbreak once the etiology was identified highlight priorities for disease prevention ...
Jessica R. Spengler +4 more
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Recent Ebola epidemics, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and emerging infectious disease threats have highlighted the importance of global infectious diseases and responses to public health emergencies.
Sanjana Kuthyar +4 more
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