BACKGROUND Uganda has reported five (5) Ebola virus disease outbreaks and three (3) Marburg virus disease outbreaks from 2000 to 2016. Peoples' knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus disease impact on control and prevention measures especially during outbreaks. We describe knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus outbreaks in two affected communities in Uganda to i...

BACKGROUND Ebola virus disease has taken a toll on more than 8,000 lives in West Africa in 2014. The most affected countries are Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The number of people infected by Ebola in Sierra Leone surpassed that of Liberia in the last month in this year and almost half of human cases are distributed in this country. DISCUSSION The ignorance on Ebola among people, includi...

Dear Editor-in-Chief The present global consideration is on the recent outbreak of 2014 Western Ebola virus in West Africa (1 – 3). This viral hemorrhagic fever wide spreads to several countries in West Africa and remote countries (1 - 3). With high death rate, the disease is presently on the list of public health threatens. The main problem for management of the infection is the limited knowl...

dear editor-in-chief the present global consideration is on the recent outbreak of 2014 western ebola virus in west africa (1 – 3). this viral hemorrhagic fever wide spreads to several countries in west africa and remote countries (1 - 3). with high death rate, the disease is presently on the list of public health threatens. the main problem for management of the infection is the limited knowl...

In 2014 and 2015, the largest Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in history affected large populations across West Africa. The goal of this report is to provide an update on the epidemic and review current progress in the development, evaluation and deployment of prevention and treatment strategies for EVD. Relevant information was identified through a comprehensive literature search using Medl...

www.thelancet.com Published online December 22, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32618-6 1 Since the discovery of Ebola virus in 1976, researchers have attempted to develop eff ective vaccines. Early eff orts were largely stalled as a result of the small global market for a vaccine for Ebola virus disease because of an absence of fi nancial incentives for pharmaceutical companies. A...

BACKGROUND Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is not new to the world. However, the West African EVD epidemic which started in 2014 evolved into the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak in the history of the disease. The three most-affected countries faced enormous challenges in stopping the transmission and providing care for all patients. Although Ghana had not recorded any confirmed Ebola c...

BACKGROUND Clinical management of Ebola virus disease remains challenging. Routine laboratory analytics are often unavailable in the outbreak setting, and few data exist for the associated haematological and biochemical abnormalities. We aimed to assess laboratory and clinical data from patients with Ebola virus disease to better inform clinical management algorithms, improve understanding of k...

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BACKGROUND Laboratory-enhanced surveillance is critical for rapidly detecting the potential re-emergence of Ebola virus disease. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for Ebola antigens could expand diagnostic capacity for Ebola virus disease. OBJECTIVES The Guinean National Coordination for Ebola Response conducted a pilot implementation to determine the feasibility of broad screening of patients and...