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doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7348.
Ebola virus disease
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7348
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Ebola virus disease
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Conflict of interest statement
Competing interests: NJB is an author of several references cited in this monograph. NJB is partially supported by a National Institute of Health Research grant to the Health Protection Unit in Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, a partnership between the University of Liverpool, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and Public Health England.
Figures
Fig 1 Infographic on Ebola virus disease
Fig 2 Map of Ebola virus outbreaks 1976-2014 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Fig 3 Healthcare worker in personal protective equipment at an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone, 2014 (with permission from Chris Lane, Public Health England/WHO)
Fig 4 Differential diagnosis. Confirmatory tests should be performed before, or in tandem with, differentiating tests if Ebola virus infection is suspected
Fig 5 Diagnostic pathway for the investigation of suspected Ebola virus infection (produced by the BMJ Evidence Centre)
Comment in
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Ebola vaccines based on adenovirus vectors and risk of HIV.BMJ. 2015 Mar 10;350:h1307. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1307. BMJ. 2015. PMID: 25757599 No abstract available.
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Authors' reply to Kremer and Van de Perre.BMJ. 2015 Mar 10;350:h1308. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1308. BMJ. 2015. PMID: 25759135 No abstract available.
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References
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About Ebola virus disease. 2014. www.cdc.gov/.
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- WHO. Are the Ebola outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal over? 2014. www.who.int/.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ebola fact sheet. 2014. www.cdc.gov/.
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