Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; a Review Article
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018 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.
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Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]
, 2000 The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Other than Ebola and Lassa [PDF]
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2019 Viral hemorrhagic fevers represent a group of diseases caused by enveloped RNA viruses. The epidemiology is broadly variable, ranging from geographically localized to more diffuse infections. Viral hemorrhagic fevers are classified as category A bioweapon agents by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Awareness of Ebola Virus Disease among the Medical and Non-medical Personnel in Lahore
RADS Journal of Biological Research & Applied Science, 2022 Background: Ebola hemorrhagic fever, also called Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), is caused by a member of Filoviridae family known as Ebola Virus (EBOV).
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Mapping of Ebola virus spillover: Suitability and seasonal variability at the landscape scale [PDF]
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15, e0009683 (2021), 2021 The unexpected Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa in 2014 involving the Zaire ebolavirus made clear that other regions outside Central Africa, its previously documented niche, were at risk of future epidemics. The complex transmission cycle and a lack of epidemiological data make mapping areas at risk of the disease challenging.
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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.
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Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 The Epi Info Viral Hemorrhagic Fever application (Epi Info VHF) was developed in response to challenges managing outbreak data during four 2012 filovirus outbreaks.
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Perspectives on West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak, 2013–2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 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 ...
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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 ...
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Associated with Novel Virus Strain, Uganda, 2007–2008
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 During August 2007–February 2008, the novel Bundibugyo ebolavirus species was identified during an outbreak of Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever in Bundibugyo district, western Uganda.
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