Outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Africa: the beginnings of a tragic saga

The tremendous outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa since the end of 2013 surprises by its remoteness from previous epidemics and dramatic extent. This review aims to describe the 27 manifestations of Ebola virus that arose after its discovery in 1976. It provides an update on re...

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Autor principal: Chippaux, Jean-Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25320574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-44
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description The tremendous outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa since the end of 2013 surprises by its remoteness from previous epidemics and dramatic extent. This review aims to describe the 27 manifestations of Ebola virus that arose after its discovery in 1976. It provides an update on research on the ecology of Ebola viruses, modes of contamination and human transmission of the disease that are mainly linked to close contact with an infected animal or a patient suffering from the disease. The recommendations to contain the epidemic and challenges to achieve it are reminded. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1678-9199-20-44) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-41972852014-10-16 Outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Africa: the beginnings of a tragic saga Chippaux, Jean-Philippe J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis Review The tremendous outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa since the end of 2013 surprises by its remoteness from previous epidemics and dramatic extent. This review aims to describe the 27 manifestations of Ebola virus that arose after its discovery in 1976. It provides an update on research on the ecology of Ebola viruses, modes of contamination and human transmission of the disease that are mainly linked to close contact with an infected animal or a patient suffering from the disease. The recommendations to contain the epidemic and challenges to achieve it are reminded. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1678-9199-20-44) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2014-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4197285/ /pubmed/25320574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-44 Text en © Chippaux; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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