Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic

Ebola virus disease (EVD—formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is a severe hemorrhagic fever caused by lipid-enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the genus Ebolavirus. Case fatality rates may reach up to 76% of infected individuals, making this infection a deadly...

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Autores principales: Vingolo, Enzo Maria, Messano, Giuseppe Alessio, Fragiotta, Serena, Spadea, Leopoldo, Petti, Stefano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/487073
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author Vingolo, Enzo Maria
Messano, Giuseppe Alessio
Fragiotta, Serena
Spadea, Leopoldo
Petti, Stefano
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description Ebola virus disease (EVD—formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is a severe hemorrhagic fever caused by lipid-enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the genus Ebolavirus. Case fatality rates may reach up to 76% of infected individuals, making this infection a deadly health problem in the sub-Saharan population. At the moment, there are still no indications on ophthalmological clinical signs and security suggestions for healthcare professionals (doctors and nurses or cooperative persons). This paper provides a short but complete guide to reduce infection risks.
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spelling pubmed-46287482015-11-09 Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic Vingolo, Enzo Maria Messano, Giuseppe Alessio Fragiotta, Serena Spadea, Leopoldo Petti, Stefano Biomed Res Int Review Article Ebola virus disease (EVD—formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is a severe hemorrhagic fever caused by lipid-enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the genus Ebolavirus. Case fatality rates may reach up to 76% of infected individuals, making this infection a deadly health problem in the sub-Saharan population. At the moment, there are still no indications on ophthalmological clinical signs and security suggestions for healthcare professionals (doctors and nurses or cooperative persons). This paper provides a short but complete guide to reduce infection risks. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4628748/ /pubmed/26557674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/487073 Text en Copyright © 2015 Enzo Maria Vingolo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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