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Perspectives on advancing countermeasures for Filovirus disease: Report from a multi-sector meeting

Sprecher A, Cross RW, Marzi A, Martins KA, Wolfe D,  et al.
2023-08-19 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2023-08-19 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Although there are now approved treatments and vaccines for Ebola virus disease (EVD), the case fatality of EVD remains unacceptably high even when treated with the newly approved therap...
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Research

Plasmodium parasitemia associated with increased survival in Ebola virus-infected patients

Rosenke K, Adjemian J, Munster VJ, Marzi A, Falzarano D,  et al.
2016-08-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2016-08-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has resulted in 28 646 suspected, probable, and confirmed Ebola virus infections. Nevertheless, malaria remains a large public he...
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Research

Environmental contamination and persistence of Ebola virus RNA in an Ebola treatment center

Poliquin PG, Vogt F, Kasztura M, Leung A, Deschambault Y,  et al.
2016-06-30 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2016-06-30 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Ebola viruses (EBOVs) are primarily transmitted by contact with infected body fluids. Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) contain areas that are exposed to body fluids through ...
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Research

The use of a mobile laboratory unit in support of patient management and epidemiological surveillance during the 2005 Marburg outbreak in Angola

Grolla A, Jones SM, Fernando L, Strong JE, Stroher U,  et al.
2011-05-24 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2011-05-24 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Background: Marburg virus (MARV), a zoonotic pathogen causing severe hemorrhagic fever in man, has emerged in Angola resulting in the largest outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) ...
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Commentary

Ebola virus is unlikely to become endemic in West Africa

Sprecher A, Feldman H, Hensley L, Kobinger GP, Nichol ST,  et al.
2016-02-24 • Nature Microbiology
2016-02-24 • Nature Microbiology
Concern over Ebola becoming endemic in West Africa has appeared in the medical and lay media. Routes of transmission, rates of viral evolution, suitability of humans as hosts and rarity ...
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Research

The merits of malaria diagnostics during an Ebola virus disease outbreak

de Wit E, Falzarano D, Onyango C, Rosenke K, Marzi A,  et al.
2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Malaria is a major public health concern in the countries affected by the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa. We determined the feasibility of using molecular malaria diagnostic...
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Letter

Reply to Colebunders: Is Plasmodium species parasitemia really associated with increased survival in Ebola virus-infected patients?

Rosenke K, Adjemian J, Munster VJ, Strong JE, Sprecher A,  et al.
2016-12-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2016-12-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Commentary

Transmission of ebola viruses: what we know and what we do not know

Osterholm M, Moore K, Kelley N, Brosseau L, Wong G,  et al.
2015-02-19 • mBio
2015-02-19 • mBio
Available evidence demonstrates that direct patient contact and contact with infectious body fluids are the primary modes for Ebola virus transmission, but this is based on a limited num...