Ebola virus disease: A highly fatal infectious disease reemerging in West Africa

Kelvin K.W. To; Jasper F.W. Chan; Alan K.L. Tsang; Vincent C.C. Cheng; Kwok Yung Yuen

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2014.11.007

Ebola virus disease: A highly fatal infectious disease reemerging in West Africa

Kelvin K.W. To, Jasper F.W. Chan, Alan K.L. Tsang, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Kwok Yung Yuen

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Abstract

Ebolavirus can cause a highly fatal and panic-generating human disease which may jump from bats to other mammals and human. High viral loads in body fluids allow efficient transmission by contact. Lack of effective antivirals, vaccines and public health infrastructures in parts of Africa make it difficult to health workers to contain the outbreak.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	84-97
Number of pages	14
Journal	Microbes and Infection
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2014.11.007
Publication status	Published - Feb 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Microbiology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Ebola virus disease
Ebolavirus
Outbreak
West Africa

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