Filoviruses

Nkoghe, Dieudonné; Leroy, Éric; Mve, M. Toung; Gonzalez, Jean Paul

doi:10.3109/9781420073133-20

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“…As there's no cure for Ebola, treatment is essentially symptomatic and supportive and has not changed appreciably since the 1950s [33]. Due to the high risk of person-to-person and nosocomial transmission associated with Ebola hemorrhagic fever, management is based on isolation of patients and institution of protected care [10].…”

Section: How Is Ebola Treated?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Efforts by researchers working in high-containment laboratories are ongoing. Evaluated in nonhuman primates (NHPs) and other animals, some post-exposure prophylaxes have achieved promising results [3,5,6,7,9,19] Bodies of deceased patients should be handled by trained teams and buried quickly because traditional funeral and caretaking methods contribute to the spread of the virus and potentiate outbreaks [10].…”

Section: How Is Ebola Treated?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ebola Outbreak: An Evolving Epidemic- A Review

Patel

Gedam

et al. 2014

Int J Med Res Rev

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Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe and often deadly illness that can occur in humans and primates (e.g. monkeys, gorillas). It is some of most virulent pathogens of humans, causing severe hemorrhagic fever that resembles fulminant septic shock. Recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has threatened the whole world, because of the high mortality (80-90%). No approved therapy is available for the treatment of these diseases, but progress has been made in new experimental approaches to post exposure prophylaxis and/or treatment that are effective in laboratory primates. Prevention is the best tool. Now WHO has also declared Ebola as a "public health emergency of international concern". It can also be misused as a bioterrorism agent.

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Section: How Is Ebola Treated?mentioning

confidence: 99%