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

Microbes Infect. 2015 Feb;17(2):84-97. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2014.11.007. Epub 2014 Nov 29.

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.

Keywords: Ebola virus disease; Ebolavirus; Outbreak; West Africa.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Africa, Western / epidemiology
  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks* / prevention & control
  • Disease Vectors
  • Ebolavirus / classification
  • Ebolavirus / genetics
  • Ebolavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / prevention & control
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / therapy
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny