Ebola virus disease

ST Jacob, I Crozier, WA Fischer, A Hewlett… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus
(EBOV). EVD outbreaks typically start from a single case of probable zoonotic transmission …

Community health workers for pandemic response: a rapid evidence synthesis

S Bhaumik, S Moola, J Tyagi, D Nambiar, M Kakoti - BMJ Global Health, 2020‏ - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), affects 213 countries or territories globally.
We received a request from National Health Systems Resource Centre, a public agency in …

Innate immune responses to acute viral infection during pregnancy

EF Cornish, I Filipovic, F Åsenius, DJ Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Immunological adaptations in pregnancy allow maternal tolerance of the semi-allogeneic
fetus but also increase maternal susceptibility to infection. At implantation, the endometrial …

Ebola virus shedding and transmission: review of current evidence

P Vetter, WA Fischer, M Schibler… - The Journal of …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Background. The magnitude of the 2013–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa
was unprecedented, with> 28 500 reported cases and> 11 000 deaths. Understanding the …

Sequelae of Ebola virus disease: the emergency within the emergency

P Vetter, L Kaiser, M Schibler, I Ciglenecki… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016‏ - thelancet.com
As the massive outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in west Africa wanes, it has become
increasingly clear that thousands of survivors have many sequelae, some of which might be …

Ebola virus disease and pregnancy: A review of the current knowledge of Ebola virus pathogenesis, maternal, and neonatal outcomes

LM Bebell, T Oduyebo, LE Riley - Birth defects research, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The 2014 to 2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa devastated local health
systems and caused thousands of deaths. Historical reports from Zaire ebolavirus outbreaks …

Community health workers can provide psychosocial support to the people during COVID-19 and beyond in low-and middle-income countries

SK Mistry, B Harris-Roxas, UN Yadav… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most challenging public health issue which not only
affected the physical health of the global population but also aggravated the mental health …

Protected to death: systematic exclusion of pregnant women from Ebola virus disease trials

MF Gomes, V De La Fuente-Núñez, A Saxena… - Reproductive health, 2017‏ - Springer
Background For 30 years, women have sought equal opportunity to be included in trials so
that drugs are equitably studied in women as well as men; regulatory guidelines have …

Insights from clinical research completed during the west Africa Ebola virus disease epidemic

A Rojek, P Horby, J Dunning - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2017‏ - thelancet.com
Summary The west Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic was extraordinary in scale.
Now that the epidemic has ended, it is a relevant time to examine published studies with …

Ebola virus persistence in ocular tissues and fluids (EVICT) study: reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and cataract surgery outcomes of Ebola survivors in …

JG Shantha, JG Mattia, A Goba, KG Barnes… - …, 2018‏ - thelancet.com
Background Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors are at risk for uveitis during
convalescence. Vision loss has been observed following uveitis due to cataracts. Since …