Ebola virus disease and the veterinary perspective

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a potentially fatal haemorrhagic disease of humans. The last and most serious outbreak of Ebola virus (EBOV) started in December 2013 in West Africa and also affected other continents. Animals such as fruit bats and non-human primates are potential sources of EBOV. This...

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Autores principales: Gumusova, Semra, Sunbul, Mustafa, Leblebicioglu, Hakan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4450609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26018030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-015-0089-x
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description Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a potentially fatal haemorrhagic disease of humans. The last and most serious outbreak of Ebola virus (EBOV) started in December 2013 in West Africa and also affected other continents. Animals such as fruit bats and non-human primates are potential sources of EBOV. This review highlights the clinical features of EVD in humans and animals and addresses the public health implications of EVD outbreaks from the veterinary perspective.
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spelling pubmed-44506092015-06-02 Ebola virus disease and the veterinary perspective Gumusova, Semra Sunbul, Mustafa Leblebicioglu, Hakan Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob Review Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a potentially fatal haemorrhagic disease of humans. The last and most serious outbreak of Ebola virus (EBOV) started in December 2013 in West Africa and also affected other continents. Animals such as fruit bats and non-human primates are potential sources of EBOV. This review highlights the clinical features of EVD in humans and animals and addresses the public health implications of EVD outbreaks from the veterinary perspective. BioMed Central 2015-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4450609/ /pubmed/26018030 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-015-0089-x Text en © Gumusovoa et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 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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