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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/01.025.0.02.htm Database entry on genus ''Ebolavirus''] - [[ICTVdB]] | *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/01.025.0.02.htm Database entry on genus ''Ebolavirus''] - [[ICTVdB]] | ||
*[http://www.itg.be/ebola/ Ebola Virus Haemorrhagic Fever] - Proceedings of an International Colloquium on Ebola Virus Infection and Other Haemorrhagic Fevers held in Antwerp, Belgium, 6-8 December, 1977 | *[http://www.itg.be/ebola/ Ebola Virus Haemorrhagic Fever] - Proceedings of an International Colloquium on Ebola Virus Infection and Other Haemorrhagic Fevers held in Antwerp, Belgium, 6-8 December, 1977 | ||
*[http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/index.html WHO Factsheet] - retrieved 10 July 2006 | *[http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/index.html WHO Factsheet] - retrieved 10 July 2006 | ||
*[http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/09/12/ebola-outbreak.html Ebola outbreak in Congo] - CBC News, 12 September 2007. Retrieved [[2007-09-13]]. | *[http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/09/12/ebola-outbreak.html Ebola outbreak in Congo] - CBC News, 12 September 2007. Retrieved [[2007-09-13]]. | ||
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6220122.stm Ebola 'kills over 5,000 gorillas'] - BBC News, 8 December 2006. Retrieved [[2006-12-08]]. | *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6220122.stm Ebola 'kills over 5,000 gorillas'] - BBC News, 8 December 2006. Retrieved [[2006-12-08]]. | ||
*[http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/vhfmanual/entire.pdf Infection Control for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting] - Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, [[December]] [[1998]]. | *[http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/vhfmanual/entire.pdf Infection Control for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting] - Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, [[December]] [[1998]]. | ||
*[http://www.ird.fr/filomeeting2008/ Filovirus Global Symposium] - Filomeeting 2008 | *[http://www.ird.fr/filomeeting2008/ Filovirus Global Symposium] - Filomeeting 2008 | ||
*[http://www.usamriid.army.mil/press%20releases/warfield_press_release.pdf U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases: Gene-Specific Ebola Therapies Protect Nonhuman Primates from Lethal Disease] | *[http://www.usamriid.army.mil/press%20releases/warfield_press_release.pdf U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases: Gene-Specific Ebola Therapies Protect Nonhuman Primates from Lethal Disease] | ||
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8712894&query_hl=12 Lethal experimental infection of rhesus monkeys with Ebola-Zaire (Mayinga) virus by the oral and conjunctival route of exposure] PubMed, February 1996, Jaax et al. | * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8712894&query_hl=12 Lethal experimental infection of rhesus monkeys with Ebola-Zaire (Mayinga) virus by the oral and conjunctival route of exposure] PubMed, February 1996, Jaax et al. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.
Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Causes
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Differentiating Ebola form other Disease
Natural history, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Case Studies
Treatment
Medical therapy | Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | Future therapies
Related Chapters
- Dr. Ngoy Mushola
- Sharps waste
- Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever, the first known disease caused by a filovirus
- Dr. Matthew Lukwiya (1957-Dec 5, 2000), A Ugandan doctor at the forefront of the 2000 outbreak.
- VHFs
- Epidemiology
External links
- Database entry on genus Ebolavirus - ICTVdB
- Ebola Virus Haemorrhagic Fever - Proceedings of an International Colloquium on Ebola Virus Infection and Other Haemorrhagic Fevers held in Antwerp, Belgium, 6-8 December, 1977
- WHO Factsheet - retrieved 10 July 2006
- Ebola outbreak in Congo - CBC News, 12 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- Ebola 'kills over 5,000 gorillas' - BBC News, 8 December 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
- Infection Control for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting - Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, December 1998.
- Filovirus Global Symposium - Filomeeting 2008
- U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases: Gene-Specific Ebola Therapies Protect Nonhuman Primates from Lethal Disease
- Lethal experimental infection of rhesus monkeys with Ebola-Zaire (Mayinga) virus by the oral and conjunctival route of exposure PubMed, February 1996, Jaax et al.
- Lethal experimental infections of rhesus monkeys by aerosolized Ebola and marburg virus PubMed, August 1995
- Marburg and Ebola viruses as aerosol threats PubMed, 2004, USAMRIID
- Other viral bioweapons: Ebola and Marburg hemorrhag fever PubMed, 2004
- Transmission of Ebola virus (Zaire strain) to uninfected control monkeys in a biocontainment laboratory PubMed, December 1993
- What is the probability of a dangerous strain of Ebola mutating and becoming airborne? Brett Russel, retrieved 2006-07-10.