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[ 1 ] The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa from 2014 to 2016, involving Zaire ebolavirus , was the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history. (medscape.com)
An outbreak of Ebola struck several countries in West Africa in May 2014. (infoplease.com)
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has sickened more than 7,150 people since it began in early 2014, accoding to the World Health Organization. (livescience.com)
Previously, four U.S. health workers were infected with Ebola while working in West Africa and were brought to the United States for treatment. (livescience.com)
NaturalNews) As the Ebola outbreak tears through West Africa, nations all around the world have begun to consider and take emergency measures to ensure that the deadly virus does not make its way to their borders. (naturalnews.com)
For the 2013-2016 outbreak in Africa, see Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa . (wikipedia.org)
Hickox, a nurse, recently returned to the United States from West Africa, where she treated Ebola victims. (cnn.com)
The latest Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has been described by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak in the history of the disease. (globalissues.org)
Duncan, who had traveled to Dallas from Liberia, died on Oct. 8 from effects of Ebola, the latest outbreak of which has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (rt.com)
More than six months into the worst Ebola outbreak in history, President Obama made the welcome announcement that the US would dramatically step up efforts and lead the global response to combat the deadly disease in West Africa. (cgdev.org)
Fear spread on Monday after the patient, who had recently returned from West Africa, had come down with a fever and gastrointestinal problems. (heavy.com)
The Chief Medical Officer talks about how difficult it is to catch Ebola, the preparedness of the NHS to deal with infectious diseases and what to do if someone returning from West Africa develops symptoms. (wired-gov.net)
in West Africa, Ebola spreads for a number of reasons. (wired-gov.net)
Dr. Kent Brantly, the Fort Worth doctor who contracted Ebola doing aid work in West Africa, spoke Friday from his isolated Atlanta hospital room about the "horror" he witnessed and about his faith in God. (nbcdfw.com)
The current outbreak in West Africa, (first cases reported in March 2014), is the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak since the Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976. (thirdage.com)
The current epicenter of the Ebola outbreak-the worst outbreak in history-is West Africa, principally Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. (calibrepress.com)
however, in West Africa effective management was not taken in time, resulting in the present massive Ebola outbreak. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
The United Nations' new pointman on Ebola said Friday he was preparing for a possible flareup of the epidemic in West Africa…" (8/21). (kff.org)
The newly appointed United Nations System Coordinator for Ebola today began his visit to countries affected by the deadly disease, as the head of the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) appealed for 'massive, coordinated and targeted assistance' in the months ahead, saying 'a humane world cannot let the people of West Africa suffer on such an extraordinary scale'…" (8/21). (kff.org)
The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold a meeting of experts in early September, who will discuss the possible methods of treating [the] Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organization said in a statement…" (8/22). (kff.org)
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it had drawn up a draft strategy plan to combat Ebola in West Africa over the next six to nine months, implying that it does not expect to halt the epidemic this year…" (Nebehay, 8/22). (kff.org)
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it would convene talks early next month on potential treatments and vaccines to contain the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa…" (8/22). (kff.org)
News outlets discuss how Ebola is straining already struggling health systems in West Africa and those countries' calls for additional assistance. (kff.org)
European scientists are working round the clock at the prestigious Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome to set up a mobile laboratory soon to be deployed in Ebola-affected villages in West Africa. (kff.org)
Hospitals battling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa desperately need more staff, as local doctors leave their posts and foreign doctors are reluctant to come forward, medical experts said during an online debate on the disease…" (Whiting, 8/21). (kff.org)
Reuters summarizes criticism of the global community's response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (kff.org)
Also this week, Britain airlifted a medical worker back to the UK from West Africa after that person became infected with Ebola. (wamc.org)
The World Health Organization says more than 10,000 people have died of Ebola in West Africa. (wamc.org)
Kaci Hickox was held in an isolation tent against her will after returning to the United States from West Africa. (bostonglobe.com)
Ordinarily, 33-year-old nurse Kaci Hickox would have been hailed for her volunteer work with Ebola patients in West Africa and given a warm welcome upon her return to the United States. (bostonglobe.com)
Things are getting very serious with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and its effect on the United States. (thedailyrecord.com)
Some experts also question the CDC's assertion that any US hospital should be prepared to treat an Ebola patient as the outbreak ravaging West Africa begins to spread globally. (straitstimes.com)
More than 4,000 people have died in the worst Ebola outbreak on record that began in West Africa in March. (straitstimes.com)
Responding to a request from the government of Sierra Leone, Project HOPE, a global health and humanitarian assistance organization, today said it has sent six infectious disease and disaster response and recovery experts to the country to assess how to help combat the deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has no known cure and claimed over 3,300 lives in West Africa so far. (projecthope.org)
The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa has been unprecedented in many ways. (who.int)
Most outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola virus infections have originated in sub-Saharan Central and West Africa. (msdmanuals.com)
In December 2013, a large Zaire Ebola virus outbreak began in rural Guinea (West Africa), then spread to densely populated urban regions in Guinea and to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. (msdmanuals.com)
For any patient returning from West Africa and presenting with non-specific signs and symptoms consistent with EVD, providers should use clinical judgment, taking into account the patient's epidemiological history for management, diagnostic testing, and treatment and coordinate healthcare as needed with the state or local health department to ensure that these patients get appropriate care without delay. (cdc.gov)

The case of the Dallas nurse who also contracted the Ebola virus while working with the Liberian patient who developed the illness after entering the U.S. shows that health officials need to rethink how to properly address the infection and control a possible outbreak. (utahpeoplespost.com)
While doctors are fighting for the life of the Dallas nurse who contracted the Ebola virus from an ill patient, a US journalist who was infected in Africa is showing signs of recovery and has promised to live tweet his experience. (rt.com)
A convoy transporting a Spanish nurse who believed to have contracted the ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest leaves Alcorcon Hospital in Madrid, Oct. 7. (hurriyetdailynews.com)

3. This is more that the death toll of all previous Ebola outbreaks combined. (ibtimes.com)
Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") was first described in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and what is now South Sudan. (wikipedia.org)
Though there is no vaccine or curative therapy for Ebola virus disease, I want to apprise this house that outbreaks can be contained through early detection and isolation of cases, contact tracing and monitoring, and following rigorous procedures for infection control, if such cases were to report in our country," Vardhan added. (naturalnews.com)
She has been involved with multiple disease outbreaks which required rapid increase in capacity such as the 2001 H1N1 pandemic, West Nile in 2012 and Ebola in 2014. (cdc.gov)
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses. (globalissues.org)
During the 10th and 11th outbreaks in DRC, which together lasted from 2018 to 2020, International Medical Corps constructed Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) and other healthcare facilities, with a focus on creating lasting structures that could be used by communities once the outbreak had ceased. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
In earlier outbreaks, Ebola spread more easily because suspected cases weren't kept in strict isolation. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
The Ebola epidemic in Liberia was marked by intense urban transmission, multiple community outbreaks with source cases occurring in patients coming from the urban areas, and outbreaks in health care facilities (HCFs). (cdc.gov)
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. (thirdage.com)
Outbreaks of Ebola have occurred sporadically throughout Africa since its discovery. (thirdage.com)
The latest and most deadly Ebola outbreak has caused global concern over possible outbreaks, especially with increased urbanization and long-distance travel. (thirdage.com)
Some state governments have chosen to quarantine patients flying in from Ebola-affected regions for several days or weeks to prevent possible outbreaks. (thirdage.com)
Lawmakers have called for a list to be provided to all hospitals of those who have travelled in areas with Ebola outbreaks. (calibrepress.com)
More importantly, because the miRNA-like fragment of EBOV is highly conserved, it may predict and prevent Ebola outbreaks in the future if Ebola arises again. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Although a number of other febrile viral infections may produce hemorrhage, only the agents of Lassa, Marburg, Ebola, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fevers are known to have caused significant outbreaks of disease with person-to-person transmission. (cdc.gov)
Samuel Okware describes the role that comm unities have played in the control of Ebola outbreaks in Uganda from 2000 to 2022. (who.int)
Strict isolation and quarantine measures are necessary to contain outbreaks. (msdmanuals.com)
Since from these three countries, possibly due health measures such as case identifica- then Sudan faced two more outbreaks to constant movement of people across tion, contact tracing, patient isolation of EVD, in 1979 and 2004, in places their porous borders, raising a high and quarantine to break the chain of which are now part of South Sudan ( 9 ). (who.int)
this is more than in all strongly supports this assumption and EVD to Nigeria and Senegal and the previous Ebola outbreaks combined. (who.int)

The patient was not exhibiting any Ebola symptoms, but instead is being monitored as a precaution due to recent travel in Liberia, according to a statement issued by the hospital. (ibtimes.com)
The outbreak left about 17,000 survivors of the disease, many of whom report post-recovery symptoms termed post-Ebola syndrome, often severe enough to require medical care for months or even years. (wikipedia.org)
At Indian airports, authorities have set up facilities to manage patients who arrive and exhibit signs and symptoms of Ebola. (naturalnews.com)
At the time, it was not revealed that an additional dozen people, nine of them health care workers, came down with Ebola-like symptoms while being monitored for possible exposure. (berkeley.edu)
He was at an Ebola Treatment Unit and with his sister who was presenting all the classic Ebola symptoms. (cgdev.org)
Writebol came down with similar symptoms three days later, and blood tests confirmed that both Americans had contracted Ebola. (mentalhelp.net)
At first, the monitoring sounded relatively simple: track down the contacts, monitor them with a least twice daily temperature records and test people who develop symptoms for Ebola. (modernhealthcare.com)
The CDC also notes that Ebola is only contagious after symptoms have started to occur. (thirdage.com)
Diagnosing Ebola can be difficult due to the symptoms it shares with other hemorrhagic fevers. (thirdage.com)
In addition to the presence of Ebola symptoms and recent travel to or from an Ebola-affected region, doctors can use several tests to confirm an Ebola diagnosis. (thirdage.com)
Meanwhile, people with Ebola-like symptoms have been popping up all over North America-from a sheriff's deputy in Texas, where Mr. Duncan was treated, to patients in Seattle, Ottawa and Ontario and elsewhere. (calibrepress.com)
Duncan flew to the U.S. on Sept. 19 and exhibited the first symptoms of Ebola four or five days later. (time.com)
The CDC says passengers and crew who were on the same flight are not at risk because the patient had no symptoms when he traveled. (michiganradio.org)
Using an image-guided minimally invasive procedure that takes less than 10 minutes, patients could alleviate symptoms of parosmia, a condition characterized by a distorted sense of smell. (medicaldaily.com)
Ebola causes symptoms seen in many other infections, including malaria, typhoid, and influenza, and some patients even developed illness without specific signs and symptoms. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Accordingly, the currently identified miRNA-like fragment may function as an early biomarker of EVD to advance the diagnosable window and reduce the difficulties in the isolation and treatment of patients who develop suspicious symptoms. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Scientists seem secure in the knowledge that Ebola can't be spread through casual contact, particularly if a patient shows no symptoms. (bostonglobe.com)
The team does not intend to come in direct contact with Ebola infected patients nor handle body remains, infected garments or bodily fluids, and WHO and CDC Ebola protocols, the team will be monitored for disease symptoms and signs. (projecthope.org)
This case was a male physician who developed symptoms of weakness and fever on 11 August and died of Ebola on 22 August. (flutrackers.com)
After onset of symptoms, on 11 August, and until 13 August, the physician continued to treat patients at his private clinic, and operated on at least two. (flutrackers.com)
The signs and symptoms of Ebola virus disease are non-specific, both in the early and advanced clinical course. (cdc.gov)
Travelers with low (but not zero) risk of Ebola virus exposure returning to the United States from Ebola affected countries over the past year, who had symptoms suggestive of Ebola, most often had malaria or respiratory infections. (cdc.gov)

Women in Monrovia celebrate after the World Health Organization declared Liberia Ebola-free on May 9, 2015. (cnn.com)
In Uganda, a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus has been stopped in its tracks and declared officially over, the UN World Health Organization ( WHO ) said on Wednesday. (globalissues.org)
Three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday. (globalissues.org)
The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Uganda as the Government there responds to a deadly Ebola outbreak, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday in his weekly press conference on global health challenges. (globalissues.org)
The number of confirmed Ebola infections in Guinea and Sierra Leone fell last week on the heels of a steep rise, continuing a jagged pattern that signifies challenges in the outbreak that has now passed the 27,000-case threshold, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. (berkeley.edu)
PARIS, MAY 28 â€" The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned against complacency about the deadly Ebola virus, saying that the crisis isnâ€™t over. (berkeley.edu)
Both Brantly and Writebol had been working at clinics in Liberia, helping victims of an Ebola outbreak that the World Health Organization says has already killed at least 887 people. (mentalhelp.net)
With support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, they promptly set up an Ebola treatment centre at the Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, where the first case had been detected, and deployed health workers and emergency services to the site. (who.int)
On May 9, the World Health Organization declared the end of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. (cdc.gov)
On May 9, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the EVD outbreak in Liberia after 42 days (two incubation periods) had passed since the last EVD patient was buried. (cdc.gov)

He was covering the outbreak in Liberia and is now the fifth American infected with Ebola. (livescience.com)
Initially, the vast number of Ebola cases was limited to a remote border area shared by Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. (naturalnews.com)
On September 30, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that Thomas Eric Duncan , a 45-year-old Liberian national visiting the United States from Liberia , had been diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, Texas . (wikipedia.org)
Thomas Eric Duncan was from Monrovia, Liberia , to date the country hit hardest by the Ebola virus epidemic . (wikipedia.org)
An Ebola survivor participates in a study in Monrovia, Liberia, on June 17, 2015. (cnn.com)
The 162 soldiers were deployed in Liberia, where they helped fight the spread of Ebola. (cnn.com)
Doctors Without Borders staffer Alex Eilert Paulsen watches as mattresses and bed frames burn at the Ebola Treatment Unit in Paynesville, Liberia, on January 31, 2015. (cnn.com)
Both Nina Pham, a nurse who treated the late Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Presbyterian Hospital, and freelance cameraman Ashoka Mukpo have received blood transfusions from Kent Brantly, a missionary doctor who survived a bout with Ebola after falling ill in July while working in Liberia. (rt.com)
Mukpo, 33, who fell ill while working for NBC News in Monrovia, Liberia and was transferred on Oct. 6 to a special Ebola treatment unit in Nebraska, "received an experimental drug as a blood transfusion" from Brantly, according to AFP. (rt.com)
Dr Tolbert Nyenswah head of Ebola Response in Liberia said about 3 months ago. (berkeley.edu)
While one appreciates the fear associated with the disease, it is important to note that, Medecins Sans Frontiers has over 400 beds of Ebola patients among Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone and has been running these since December last year. (cgdev.org)
Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, and Nancy Writebol, 59, both contracted the highly fatal virus while working to help infected patients in the West African nation of Liberia. (mentalhelp.net)
Controlling the last known cluster of Ebola virus disease - Liberia, January-February 2015. (cdc.gov)
As one of the three West African countries highly affected by the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic, Liberia reported approximately 10,000 cases. (cdc.gov)
This report, based on data from routine case investigations and contact tracing, describes efforts to stop the last known chain of Ebola transmission in Liberia. (cdc.gov)
After February 19, no additional clusters of Ebola cases have been detected in Liberia. (cdc.gov)
The nurse had treated Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, 75, who was infected with Ebola in Liberia and died on August 12, as well as Manuel Garcia Viejo, 69, who was repatriated from Sierra Leone and died on September 25. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Ebola has caused 3,439 deaths out of 7,478 cases across five west African nations -- Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal, according to the latest tally from the World Health Organisation. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
A second American aid worker, missionary Nancy Writebol, was also given a dose of ZMapp after contracting Ebola in Liberia. (nbcdfw.com)
My wife Amber and I, along with our two children, did not move to Liberia for the specific purpose of fighting Ebola. (nbcdfw.com)
Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the board of directors of the Liberia Airport Authority, said Duncan had answered "no" to a question asking whether he had cared for an Ebola patient or touched the body of anyone who had died in an Ebola-affected area. (ijpr.org)
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the patient left Liberia on Sept. 19, arrived in Dallas the next day to visit relatives, and started feeling ill four or five days later. (michiganradio.org)
Health officials said the worker was among those who took care of Thomas Eric Duncan, who was diagnosed with Ebola after coming to the U.S. from Liberia. (capitolhillblue.com)
A U.S. military medical unit from Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland is packing up four mobile Ebola testing laboratories in Liberia after a nearly four-month deployment. (thedailyrecord.com)
I think that is just wrong," said Dr Macgregor-Skinner, who helped the Nigerian government train health-care workers when a traveller from Liberia touched off an outbreak of Ebola this past summer. (straitstimes.com)
County Health Officer Dr. Charity Thoman, who said her department assembled a five-person, all-volunteer "Ebola team" months ago, used a hypothetical scenario of a man who just returned from Liberia and was vomiting at a Santa Barbara-area bus stop to describe how first responders and medical facilities would handle the situation. (independent.com)
Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia are battling the world's largest and deadliest known outbreak of the Ebola virus, which is a highly contagious disease and kills up to 50 percent of those infected. (projecthope.org)
Health systems in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been ill-equipped to manage the mounting load in the contagion, to isolate and treat infected patients and to isolate people who have been in contact with those with confirmed infections. (voanews.com)
Sierra Leone was finally declared Ebola-free in March 2016, Guinea in May 2016, and Liberia in June 2016. (msdmanuals.com)
CDC recommends that healthcare providers consider not only Ebola virus disease (EVD), but also other much more likely infectious diseases, including malaria, when evaluating ill travelers from Liberia to the United States. (cdc.gov)
Travelers from Liberia are at extremely low risk of exposure to Ebola virus at this time. (cdc.gov)
For more than two months, there have been no cases of Ebola virus disease in Liberia. (cdc.gov)
CDC changed the country classification for Liberia on May 13, 2015, to a country with former widespread Ebola virus transmission and current, established control measures. (cdc.gov)
As of May 13, 2015, patients who have only traveled to Liberia in the previous 21 days are in the low (but not zero) risk category for EVD, and should be evaluated for the possibility of other illnesses, based on a complete travel, exposure and health history. (cdc.gov)
A number of countries in western Africa culation of Ebola virus among humans suggested of close to 20 000 cases by are currently affected - Guinea, Liberia, is uncommon. (who.int)

The live recombinant vaccine has shown effectiveness of 97.5% in preventing infection among 90,000 individuals in an active Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (medscape.com)
Ebola first came onto the medical radar in the 1976, and was named after a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), near where the disease was first observed. (thirdage.com)
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 13, 2019-As Ebola advances beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo into Uganda, IMA World Health is intensifying efforts to contain the spread before it becomes a greater global emergency. (imaworldhealth.org)

Infection control policies and procedures should be established before and implemented during all phases of patient transport. (cdc.gov)
Factors that should weigh into the decision include whether the patient is clinically stable enough to travel (i.e., whether the patient's condition is likely to deteriorate during transport and if there is reasonable capability to manage en route), and whether personnel providing care during transport are trained in clinical management, infection control, and correct use of PPE. (cdc.gov)
Those involved in the care of patients with suspected or confirmed VHF should follow all recommended infection control measures . (cdc.gov)
Hundreds of people were tested or monitored for potential Ebola virus infection, [16] but the two nurses were the only confirmed cases of locally transmitted Ebola. (wikipedia.org)
"We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control, because even a single infection is unacceptable," US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden said Monday. (rt.com)
The ability to diagnose suspected Ebola cases in separate triage units outside and then isolate them once they've been admitted to a hospital "helps to reduce in-hospital infection," Dr. Rigo explains. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Fox News there have been "a half dozen or so" similar patients in the United States who have been tested for possible Ebola infection, and that all tests have turned out to be negative. (mentalhelp.net)
In the primate trials, four monkeys infected with Ebola survived after getting Zmapp within 24 hours of infection, and two of four other monkeys survived after getting the serum within 48 hours of infection. (mentalhelp.net)
These preliminary findings were presented to the ASTM F23.40 Isolation Gown working group and presented as a poster at the 2015 Association for Professionals in Infection Control Conference[iii]. (cdc.gov)
In addition to training doctors, clinical officers and nurses in case management and infection prevention and control, WHO has also provided sufficient Ebola kits to treat 100 patients as it seeks to help Uganda overcome the outbreak as swiftly as possible. (who.int)
News of the nurse's infection has sparked renewed questions about the Spanish government's decision to repatriate infected missionaries from Africa, with critics saying that the nation's hospitals were not adequately equipped to deal with Ebola cases. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines Ebola as a hemorrhagic fever, which is caused by an infection with one or more of the four strains of the Ebola virus known to be infectious to humans. (thirdage.com)
This has occurred through close contact with patients when infection control precautions are not strictly practiced. (thirdage.com)
Ebola is caused by an infection with one of four strains of the Ebola virus known to be infectious to humans. (thirdage.com)
The report noted that efforts should be made to perform general X-ray procedures in isolation rooms, as opposed to transporting patients directly to the radiology department, which requires significant precautions through cooperation with the hospital's infection control team. (pharmacytimes.com)
Meanwhile, the CDC says it will "stop [Ebola] in its tracks" in the U.S. The infection of the two nurses, however, is clearly proof of our vulnerability to infectious disease. (calibrepress.com)
Current methods to diagnose suspected Ebola virus infection include reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G ELISA. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
4 Infection control nurse Heinz Schuhmacher wears a protective suit during a media presentation at an isolation ward for possible Ebola patients at the Universitaetsspital Basel hospital in Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 15, 2014. (voanews.com)
Health-care and infection control experts said that hospital staff need to be coached through the stages of treating an Ebola patient, making sure they have the right safety equipment and know how to use it properly to prevent infection. (straitstimes.com)
During the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea, confirming an Ebola infection could take several days, creating a barrier to testing and isolation. (itg.be)
Within a few days, the inoculated piglets showed clinical signs of infection indicative of Ebola infection. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
Asymptomatic infection no positive results and routine Ebola serological tests too were seems unlikely. (who.int)
Ebola virus infection is slightly more virulent than Marburg virus infection. (msdmanuals.com)

The 2013-2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in Western Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. (wikipedia.org)
As of September 17, 2019, an active outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had resulted in 3,034 confirmed and 111 probable cases of Ebola virus disease, including 2,103 attributable deaths. (medscape.com)
Officials are particulary concerned about the family members who were in the home with patient Thomas Eric Duncan when he became ill, Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters today. (livescience.com)
The Health Site reported that many Indians fleeing the disease are returning to portions of India where there are inadequate Ebola screening facilities. (naturalnews.com)
Ebola virus disease in the U.S. (wikipedia.org)
Four laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") occurred in the United States in 2014. (wikipedia.org)
On September 15, 2014, the family of Marthalene Williams, who later died of Ebola virus disease , could not call an ambulance to transfer the pregnant Williams to a hospital. (wikipedia.org)
Ebola is transferred via contact with bodily fluids from a disease carrier. (rt.com)
The fight to prevent and treat Ebola has changed greatly over the past 45 years-thanks in large part to the progress made by International Medical Corps and other organizations working to stop the deadly disease. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
Ebola is a dangerous and deadly disease, but in the 45 years since the first cases appeared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), much progress has been made-on multiple fronts-in the battle to prevent and treat it. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
Previously, patients who came to the hospital to be screened for Ebola but tested negative ran the risk of contracting the disease while they were being examined in the hospital. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
Ebola is a very nasty disease, but it is actually fairly easy to understand mathematically, which is why the disease prevention folks are confident in the best ways to manage this epidemic that otherwise seems to be growing exponentially. (nakedcapitalism.com)
After a stressful few days, the Center for Disease Control has finally confirmed that the patient in isolation at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital does not have Ebola. (heavy.com)
The threat of emerging infectious diseases, such as Ebola virus disease and pandemic influenza, has highlighted the need for effective PPE to protect both healthcare workers and their patients. (cdc.gov)
The unit incorporates all of the latest technology to care for a patient with a contagious disease. (texaschildrens.org)
A Spanish nurse has contracted Ebola after treating two patients who died from the disease at a Madrid hospital, the government said Oct. 6, in the first known case of transmission outside of Africa. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
I am growing stronger every day, and I thank God for his mercy as I have wrestled with this terrible disease," Brantly said in a statement issued from the Emory University Hospital room where he is being treated in isolation. (nbcdfw.com)
Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding. (thirdage.com)
Though most of the media coverage of Ebola focuses on human cases, the disease is also found in non-human primates, and is thought to be an animal-borne illness (transmitted through animals, in the case of Ebola: bats). (thirdage.com)
Ebola is a highly contagious disease, though the CDC reports that it is only transmittable through direct contact with infected bodily fluids. (thirdage.com)
The disease may also be transmitted through contact with objects that have come into contact with infected bodily fluids (including medical tools such as needles and syringes), infected bats and/or nonhuman primates, and direct contact with bodily fluids from a recovered Ebola patient. (thirdage.com)
This means that if you come into contact with a person who later develops Ebola, it is likely that you will not contract the disease. (thirdage.com)
This method can be more effective than antigen-detection tests in diagnosing the disease in its acute (early) stage, because patients often die from Ebola before their bodies are able to produce the appropriate antigens. (thirdage.com)
NaturalNews) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control owns a patent on a particular strain of Ebola known as "EboBun. (naturalnews.com)
These patients are carrying valuable intellectual property assets in the form of Ebola variants , and the Centers for Disease Control clearly desires to expand its patent portfolio by harvesting, studying and potentially patenting new strains or variants. (naturalnews.com)
The state Health Department will join representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Greater New York Hospital Association, the union 1199 SEIU, and the Partnership for Quality Care for an Ebola education session for health-care workers. (cnybj.com)
Hospitals in New York state are institutions that are always ready to respond to threats of disease, disaster, and illness, and they are making every preparation to safely care for patients with Ebola, should the need arise," Whalen said. (cnybj.com)
He said the school converted one room in the unit into a lab for on-site testing of Ebola, which cut diagnostic time to about one hour, down from the 48 hours it took to send samples to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. (chicagotribune.com)
The hospital treated its patients with experimental anti-viral medicines, as well as a human serum derived from a previous patient who had developed immunity to the disease, Gold said. (chicagotribune.com)
Medical imaging does not provide diagnosis of Ebola virus disease, but patient assessment in the emergency department and treatment isolation care unit is likely to require imaging services,' said report co-author, David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD, in a press release. (pharmacytimes.com)
Radiology staff directly involved in the care of patients with Ebola virus disease need to be identified and educated regarding procedures of the isolation unit and regarding appropriate donning and doffing of correctly-sized personal protective equipment,' Dr. Bluemke said. (pharmacytimes.com)
Now everyone who worked in the isolation unit on Duncan, according to Center for Disease Control director Dr. Thomas Frieden, is considered "at-risk" and is undergoing further evaluation. (calibrepress.com)
Duncan's is the first case of Ebola diagnosed on U.S. soil, and in many ways, the 42-year-old is lucky to have developed the disease here. (time.com)
The Dallas County Department of Health has asked Duncan's family, including Mai, to remain in isolation at an apartment in The Ivy complex in the Fair Oaks area of Dallas for three weeks to ensure that if any of them have caught the disease, they do not pass it to others. (time.com)
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe infectious disease caused by Ebola virus species. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Even among the patients who managed to arrive at the hospital for treatment, most died within two days after admission, as it was too late for those patients to receive proper treatment for such a severe disease. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Tom Frieden (left) prepares to testify prior to testifying during a hearing to examine the government's response to contain the disease and whether America's hospitals and health care workers are adequately prepared for Ebola patients, Capitol Hill, Washington, Oct. 16, 2014. (voanews.com)
To date, this person has not tested positive for Ebola virus disease. (nih.gov)
A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday. (capitolhillblue.com)
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was conducting confirmatory testing of a preliminary Ebola test conducted late Tuesday at a state public health laboratory in Austin, Texas, which came back positive. (capitolhillblue.com)
Frieden outlined new steps this week designed to stop the spread of the disease, including the creation of an Ebola response team, increased training for health care workers nationwide and changes at the Texas hospital to minimize the risk of more infections. (capitolhillblue.com)
The hospital has also monitored two patients who were seen as being at high risk of having the deadly disease. (wamc.org)
Dr Thomas Frieden, director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), made the declaration on Sunday at a news conference and called for an investigation into how the unidentified nurse became infected while caring for Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States. (straitstimes.com)
Hadson Kunsa, who contracted the disease while treating patients with the virus, remembers being terrified when he learned of his diagnosis. (nimblespirit.com)
Nigeria has a third confirmed case of Ebola disease in the oil hub of Port Harcourt, bringing the country?s total confirmed infections to 16, with around 200 people under surveillance, the health minister said on Monday. (flutrackers.com)
He has since recovered from the disease, but he infected the doctor who treated him, who then himself died of Ebola. (flutrackers.com)
A third case in the oil city was a female patient in the same hospital as the doctor and caught the disease from him. (flutrackers.com)
confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease in Port Harcourt, the country's oil hub. (flutrackers.com)
The team, comprised of researchers from the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, the University of Manitoba, and the Public Health Agency of Canada, observed transmission of Ebola from pigs to monkeys. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
This Ebola Discussion Guide is a tool to aid planners in developing an Ebola Concept of Operations (ConOps) Plan using the Ebola ConOps Planning Template1 that was developed, with the support of several partners, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (cdc.gov)
PUIs) or patients with confirmed Ebola virus disease (Ebola). (cdc.gov)
Learn how clinical and public health laboratories collaborate with healthcare teams to provide the testing required to diagnose and treat hospital patients under investigation (PUI) for Ebola virus disease. (cdc.gov)
While these have been employed successfully for several diseases, such as influenza, Ebola and COVID-19, the policy mechanism is tied to contexts where key bodies have designated the disease an 'emergency', whereas no equivalent mechanism exists for those failing to acquire the designation (eg, malaria and tuberculosis). (bvsalud.org)
Ebola virus disease (EVD), commonly known as Ebola is a highly persons lived in camps for the internally displaced. (who.int)
The exponential increase in cases outbreak of the disease reported in its the transmission remains uncontrolled from this EVD outbreak and its un- 38-year history, it is also the first ever at the epicentre of the outbreak, Ebola precedented size, pace and scale led multi-country outbreak ( 2,6 ). (who.int)

On Oct. 21, Romero was declared Ebola free. (infoplease.com)
Pham, one of two Dallas nurses diagnosed with the virus, was declared Ebola-free after being treated at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. (cnn.com)
The other nurse, Amber Vinson (not pictured), was treated in Atlanta and also declared Ebola-free. (cnn.com)

The 2013-2016 outbreak, caused by Ebola virus (EBOV), was the first anywhere in the world to reach epidemic proportions. (wikipedia.org)
Speaking on 3 September, the International President of MSF spoke out concerning the lack of assistance from United Nations (UN) member countries: "Six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it. (wikipedia.org)
Efforts to curb the deadly Ebola epidemic that swept across four West African states are being undermined by a lack of leadership and emergency management skills, the international head of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Thursday…" (Nebehay, 8/21). (kff.org)
We are now six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history , warns the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, and the world is losing the battle to contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. (voanews.com)
By the end of 2019, both the United States and the European Union had approved the Ebola Zaire vaccine [rVSV-ZEBOV] that helped bring the epidemic to an end in June 2020. (msdmanuals.com)

Five days later, Dr. Martin Salia, who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, died at a Nebraska hospital where he was being treated for the virus. (infoplease.com)
A child who survived the Ebola virus is fed by another survivor at a treatment center on the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone, on November 11, 2014. (cnn.com)
Also on Oct. 6, the charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced that a Norwegian employee had contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and would be repatriated shortly. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
3 A healthcare worker mixes chlorine with water at an Ebola treatment center in Hastings, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Oct. 15, 2014. (voanews.com)
We are continuing to observe and monitor the person who, following a high-risk exposure while working as a health care worker in Sierra Leone, was transported back to the United States in isolation via a chartered aircraft and admitted to the NIH Special Clinical Studies Unit. (nih.gov)
An American who contracted Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone was admitted to the hospital at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda early Friday. (wamc.org)
An American health care worker who contracted Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone is now receiving care at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Maryland. (wamc.org)
BETHESDA - An American healthcare worker who contracted Ebola while volunteering in a Sierra Leone treatment unit arrived safely at the National Institutes of Health's hospital in Maryland, officials announced early Friday. (thedailyrecord.com)
A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in his native Sierra Leone has died while being treated in a biocontainment unit at a Nebraska hospital, the facility said Monday. (thedailyrecord.com)

Ensure availability of measures for isolation of suspected case (possibly in a separate isolation/quarantine space) for investigation and management. (who.int)
In particular, officials proposed establishing a fund to pay the salaries of health care workers should they be forced into isolation or quarantine for treating patients with Ebola. (chicagotribune.com)
Hickox was hustled into an isolation tent in a Newark Hospital and held against her will under a 21-day quarantine policy enacted by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. (bostonglobe.com)
"When we were advised to go to the hospital for an Ebola test, we were afraid that we would be placed in quarantine", he says. (nimblespirit.com)
Health workers push an Ebola patient who escaped from quarantine in Monrovia's Elwa hospital into an ambulance in the centre of Paynesville, Sept. 1, 2014. (voanews.com)

A "potential Ebola patient" is in isolation in the emergency room at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, California, the hospital said Wednesday afternoon. (ibtimes.com)
The patient, who has not been identified, was transferred via ambulance to the Inglewood hospital after arriving Tuesday night at nearby Los Angeles International Airport. (ibtimes.com)
Hospital spokesman Steve Brand told the KTLA-TV that the patient had not yet tested either way for the virus. (ibtimes.com)
In Spain, Teresa Romero, a nursing assistant, became the first person known to contract the virus outside of Africa after being in contact with two missionaries who received treatment for Ebola at a hospital in Madrid. (infoplease.com)
He was placed in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Center. (infoplease.com)
Meanwhile, Pham was declared free of Ebola and released from the hospital on Oct. 24. (infoplease.com)
He is being treated in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. (livescience.com)
After a second Texas hospital worker tested positive for the Ebola virus, the White House began scrambling on Wednesday to ease concerns over the apparent uncontrolled spread of the virus. (utahpeoplespost.com)
After a nurse tested positive for the Ebola virus at the hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan had been treated, a second female health worker tested positive for the same virus. (utahpeoplespost.com)
She had contact with Duncan the first nine of ten days he was in isolation care at Texas Presbyterian Hospital, according to medical records obtained by AP. (rt.com)
After running a fever on Friday, she went to the hospital where she was placed in an isolation unit. (rt.com)
Keeping Ebola patients at home or in communal hospital rooms fell out of favor as healthcare workers learned that self-contained patient rooms slowed the spread of Ebola. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
The patient kept in isolation at Mount Sinai hospital in New York has tested negative for Ebola. (heavy.com)
Meanwhile, Fox News reported Monday that a patient is being tested for the Ebola virus at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. (mentalhelp.net)
The patient had recently returned from a West African country hit by the Ebola outbreak, the hospital said Monday afternoon. (mentalhelp.net)
All necessary steps are being taken to ensure the safety of all patients, visitors and staff," the hospital said in a statement, Fox News reported. (mentalhelp.net)
The top administrator in Dallas County, Texas, rushed to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital this week responding to urgent news: One of its nurses had caught Ebola from a patient. (modernhealthcare.com)
Hospital officials told potentially exposed hospital workers to stop seeing patients other than Pham. (modernhealthcare.com)
Hospital isolation gowns are worn to protect healthcare workers during procedures and patient-care activities when anticipating contact with blood, bodily fluids, secretions and excretions (Siegel, 2007). (cdc.gov)
As part of our long-term vision to care for children with the most serious and complex medical conditions, we have built an eight-bed Special Isolation Unit at Texas Children's Hospital West Campus. (texaschildrens.org)
Texas Children's Special Isolation Unit is located on the fifth floor of Texas Children's Hospital West Campus. (texaschildrens.org)
At the start of the outbreak, WHO quickly provided the regional referral hospital with three Ebola treatment kits. (who.int)
The woman was part of a medical team at Madrid's La Paz-Carlos III hospital that treated two elderly Spanish missionaries who died of Ebola shortly after they were repatriated from Africa. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
The nurse, who is married without children, is now being treated in isolation at a hospital in Alcorcon, a southern Madrid suburb. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Both missionaries were treated in isolation at La Paz-Carlos III hospital, and the medical team that cared for them were closely monitored. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
She was flown back to the United States on Tuesday and is also being treated in isolation at Emory University Hospital. (nbcdfw.com)
I am writing this update from my isolation room at Emory University Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are providing the very best care possible. (nbcdfw.com)
As we wrote Wednesday, Duncan's neighbors in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, believe he was infected while helping a pregnant woman with Ebola to a hospital. (ijpr.org)
The man returned to the same hospital this week, where he was admitted, diagnosed with Ebola and placed in isolation. (ijpr.org)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has designated Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse as one of eight medical facilities that could treat potential patients with Ebola. (cnybj.com)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Upstate University Hospital is among eight hospitals statewide that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has designated to treat potential patients with Ebola. (cnybj.com)
Cuomo on Thursday convened state-agency leadership, along with regional hospital and health-care representatives, to outline New York's plans for Ebola preparedness. (cnybj.com)
Ebola is a "serious concern" for every hospital in New York, Dennis Whalen, president of the Healthcare Association of New York State, said in the governor's news release. (cnybj.com)
He spoke to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which announced that the following member hospitals in Illinois have stepped forward to handle Ebola cases, should they occur: Loyola University Health System, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, the University of Chicago Medical Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale. (chicagotribune.com)
Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.: US Ebola: Frieden Said Every Hospital Was Ready. (blogspot.com)
US Ebola: Frieden Said Every Hospital Was Ready. (blogspot.com)
How well hospital staff will do, faced with possible Ebola cases, is unclear. (blogspot.com)
With administrators increasing staff training efforts for the Ebola virus at medical facilities throughout the United States, hospital radiology departments are emphasizing protocols for performing imaging procedures on isolated patients. (pharmacytimes.com)
For example, at Emory University Hospital, open town hall information sessions, the wide dissemination of standardized screening protocols, and close intra- and interdepartmental communication have supported a safe environment in caring for patients with Ebola virus. (pharmacytimes.com)
All those opportunities now hang in the balance as Duncan fights Ebola for his life in a Dallas hospital. (time.com)
He caught it, according to the New York Times , helping carry a heavily pregnant neighbor back from the hospital where she was turned away from the overflowing Ebola ward. (time.com)
Officials say the unidentified patient is critically ill and has been in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital since Sunday. (michiganradio.org)
News outlets report on the release of two aid workers from the Atlanta hospital where they were treated for Ebola. (kff.org)
Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly have been cured of the Ebola virus and released from Emory Hospital in Atlanta…" (Curry, 8/21). (kff.org)
Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the CDC, has acknowledged that the government wasn't aggressive enough in managing Ebola and containing the virus as it spread from an infected patient to a nurse at a Dallas hospital. (capitolhillblue.com)
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, appearing Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show, sidestepped questions about whether she had complete confidence in the Texas hospital where the health care workers have been diagnosed with Ebola or whether they should be transferred to one of four specialized hospitals. (capitolhillblue.com)
An Ebola readiness drill on Tuesday was so realistic that a battalion chief arriving on scene tried to chase away members of the Frederick Memorial Hospital communications staff. (thedailyrecord.com)
If more cases of Ebola appear in the United States, the Johns Hopkins Hospital will be prepared. (thedailyrecord.com)
It was not immediately clear whether the Texas hospital prepared its staff with simulation drills before admitting Mr Duncan, but a recent survey of nurses nationwide suggests few have been briefed on Ebola preparations. (straitstimes.com)
Given the level of training required to do the job safely, US health authorities should consider designating a hospital in each region as the go-to facility for Ebola, they said. (straitstimes.com)
We haven't provided them with the necessary experts that have actually worked in hospitals with Ebola," he added in reference to US hospital staff. (straitstimes.com)
A perimeter would be created around the bus stop - possibly with help from law enforcement - and, if the patient were stable enough to wait the 90 minutes it would take, the ambulance would be outfitted with a protective plastic lining before transporting the patient to an area hospital, which would likewise need an hour's notice to prepare an isolation unit. (independent.com)
The hospital, she said, would work at replacing the victim's fluids, as a typical Ebola patient produces up to 12 liters of diarrhea per day. (independent.com)
If a pandemic were to erupt, the very limited number of hospital labs and isolation units that we currently have would be rapidly overwhelmed. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
An isolation and lymph nodes and macrophage are primary targets for the ward were set up at Bundibugyo hospital and Kikyo health center. (who.int)

Ebola , Marburg , Lassa , Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) and the South American Hemorrhagic Fevers (i.e., those caused by Junin, Machupo, Chapare, Guanarito and Sabia viruses). (cdc.gov)
Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola viruses are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, and the differential diagnosis of VHF will most often be made for illness in travelers to this region. (cdc.gov)
Marburg and Ebola viruses are filamentous filoviruses that are distinct from each other but that cause clinically similar diseases characterized by hemorrhagic fevers and capillary leakage. (msdmanuals.com)
General references Marburg and Ebola are filoviruses that cause hemorrhage, multiple organ failure, and high mortality rates. (msdmanuals.com)

Limited genomic sequences for rare pathogens such as Ebola virus (EBOV) can negatively impact assay performance due to undiscovered genetic diversity. (bvsalud.org)
Ebola (EBOV) can persist were sent to CDC Special Pathogens Branch unit, Georgia, USA in immunologically protected sites such as breast milk among for tertiary analysis. (who.int)

Four days later Nina Pham, a nurse who treated Duncan, became the first person to contract Ebola within the United States. (infoplease.com)
Another Dallas health care worker who treated Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola on Oct. 15. (infoplease.com)
Previously, CDC officials had assessed 114 people, looking at whether they may have had contact with Duncan and could be at risk for Ebola, Frieden said. (livescience.com)
[10] On October 8, Duncan died of Ebola. (wikipedia.org)
Duncan, their tenant, helped to transfer Williams by taxi to an Ebola treatment ward in Monrovia. (wikipedia.org)
On Monday, 43 out of the 48 initial contacts of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first U.S. Ebola victim, have been allowed to resume their lives after a 21-day isolation period. (utahpeoplespost.com)
On Monday, US health officials announced an update for protocol surrounding care and treatment for Ebola patients in the United States after Pham contracted the virus while caring for Duncan. (rt.com)
The 48 people identified as having contact with Duncan before he was isolated on Sept. 28 have not shown signs of Ebola, according to Dallas Morning News. (rt.com)
Friends and family who had contact with Duncan before he was hospitalized were confined to homes under armed guard, but nurses who handled his contagious bodily fluids were allowed to treat other patients, take mass transit and get on airplanes. (modernhealthcare.com)
Liberian officials say they will prosecute Thomas Eric Duncan, the man who was diagnosed in Dallas with Ebola, for allegedly lying on a health questionnaire before boarding a flight out of the country, The Associated Press reports. (ijpr.org)
One man, Thomas Eric Duncan, has died in the U.S. from Ebola. (calibrepress.com)
A man who gave his name only as "Joe" and stated he was the brother of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan talks to members of the media in front of a home in Kannapolis, N.C., Oct. 1, 2014. (time.com)

There are now 46 people in Texas being monitored for signs of Ebola because they had definite or possible contact with the man in Texas who has Ebola, officials said today (Oct. 4). (livescience.com)
CDC officials confirmed Sunday that Pham tested positive for Ebola. (rt.com)
The inconsistent response by health officials in monitoring and limiting the movement of health workers has been one of the critical blunders in the Ebola outbreak. (modernhealthcare.com)
U.S. health officials said a Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola in Texas had received an experimental drug called brincidofovir, the first time the medicine has been used to fight the virus. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Twelve people in Illinois are being monitored for potential Ebola exposure, officials said Monday as they called for additional steps to prepare for any possible outbreak - which included a proposal for a fund for health care workers exposed to the virus. (chicagotribune.com)
No cases of Ebola have been reported in Illinois, and the chances of it occurring here are low, health officials said. (chicagotribune.com)
Health officials have designated 35 hospitals across the country as Ebola treatment centers. (thedailyrecord.com)

The US could easily see healthcare facilities become places where Ebola spreads, just as is happening in Africa. (blogspot.com)
So while a western corner of Africa writhes in the deadly grip of the Ebola virus, there are signs this emergency may serve as a wake-up call to strengthen spending and investment on public health care in the world's least developed continent…" (Stoddard/Fletcher, 8/21). (kff.org)

U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office of the White House on October 24, 2014. (cnn.com)
Pham and Vinson have been taken to medical centers with isolation units in Maryland and Atlanta. (modernhealthcare.com)
The patient is the second to be treated for Ebola at the Bethesda facility, which previously cared for - and eventually released - Nina Pham, a nurse who contracted Ebola in Dallas. (wamc.org)

The patient is being tested for Ebola and other viruses in consultation with the CDC and will remain in isolation until cleared. (ibtimes.com)
Ebola virus is one of at least 30 known viruses capable of causing viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome. (medscape.com)
While some gowns met the performance requirements of the standard, seams and ties on some gowns were not constructed adequately to keep liquids and/or viruses from penetrating at these particular points of the isolation gowns. (cdc.gov)
Patients are sealed off from anyone not in protective gear and lab tests are conducted inside the unit, ensuring that viruses don't leave the quarantined area, and patients can see and communicate with their family members through barriers. (nbcdfw.com)
1) Extracts Ebola viruses from patients. (naturalnews.com)
This clearly states that Ebola viruses can survive for several days on common objects such as door knobs or household surfaces. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)

She now plays a pivotal role in taking care of Ebola patients at Mubende. (who.int)
Medical imaging in the care of Ebola patients is currently utilized to exclude other diagnoses or assess potential complications from the virus. (pharmacytimes.com)

For example, during the 10th outbreak-which was the world's second-largest, lasting from August 2018 to June 2020-International Medical Corps built 104 screening and referral units (SRUs) where suspected Ebola cases could be detected and then referred to an ETC for isolation and diagnosis. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)

Primary exposure - This typically involves travel to or work in an Ebola-endemic area. (medscape.com)
Secondary exposure - This refers to human-to-human exposure (eg, medical caregivers, family caregivers, or persons who prepared deceased patients for burial), primate-to-human exposure (eg, animal care workers who provide care for primates), or persons who collect or prepare bush meat for human consumption. (medscape.com)
Provide regular advice to the travellers going to Ebola-affected countries on effective public health measures for limiting exposure. (who.int)
More people than the public knew were hospitalized for possible Ebola exposure during Dallasâ€™ outbreak, a new study says. (berkeley.edu)
Exposure to body fluids especially blood, vomit, stool, urine and In 2007, a new Ebola outbreak occurred in Bundibugyo district on nasal secretions of either dead or sick patients is highly infectious. (who.int)

Pham's transfusion from Brantly, a Texas native and first American survivor of the latest Ebola wave, occurred Monday, according to the Dallas Morning News. (rt.com)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some health-care experts are bristling at the assertion by a top United States health official that a "protocol breach" caused a Dallas nurse to be infected with Ebola while caring for a dying patient, saying the case instead shows how far the nation's hospitals are from adequately training staff to deal with the deadly virus. (straitstimes.com)
CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said the agency is still investigating the case of the Dallas nurse, but stressed that "meticulous adherence to protocols" is critical in handling Ebola. (straitstimes.com)

The latter succumbed to the highly contagious virus after traveling to Nigeria, raising Ebola fears there as well. (naturalnews.com)
Designed specifically for children with highly contagious infectious diseases, such as Ebola and MERS, the unit allows the expert team to provide care to patients who are infected with communicable diseases in a state-of-the-art, safe environment. (texaschildrens.org)
You can't isolate Ebola patients from other patients effectively, until after those with Ebola have become highly contagious, because you cannot diagnose them any earlier: the tests available today are not sensitive enough. (blogspot.com)

While the risk of Ebola virus cases in India is low, preparedness measures are in place to deal with any case of the virus imported to India. (naturalnews.com)
She said Santa Barbara County has plans in place, but Dr. Charity Thoman, of County Public Health, criticized the CDC's handling of Ebola preparedness: 'There is a lot of mistrust with the CDC and the general public. (independent.com)

This article is about Ebola virus cases in the United States starting in 2014. (wikipedia.org)
Map of Ebola cases and infrastructure throughout the U.S. (wikipedia.org)
President Obama is having a particularly difficult time convincing American citizens to not give in to the "hysteria" surrounding the Ebola virus' spread, especially after the three confirmed cases in the U.S. The president explained that the flight ban that many lawmakers were insisting on would be counterproductive and that he would not give into these demands. (utahpeoplespost.com)
In the cases of Writebol and Brantly, an unnamed source told CNN that the U.S. National Institutes of Health contacted Samaritan's Purse, the agency Brantly works for, and offered three vials of an experimental treatment called ZMapp for use in both patients. (mentalhelp.net)
The index patient became ill on December 29, 2014, and the last of 21 associated cases was in a patient admitted into an Ebola treatment unit (ETU) on February 18, 2015. (cdc.gov)
In 2014, there were only 4 confirmed cases of Ebola in the US. (thirdage.com)
Also on Monday, Dr. Jeffrey Gold was in Chicago speaking about how the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he is CEO, successfully handled two cases of Ebola. (chicagotribune.com)
Fewer malaria cases will be treated] because some health clinics have closed as a result of Ebola - out of panic, or because the virus has taken a toll on staff - and partly because families are afraid to come to clinics because they think they might catch Ebola there. (kff.org)
Fauci said he envisioned the CDC taking "a much more involved role" in establishing the proper training protocols for Ebola cases. (capitolhillblue.com)
In other cases, patients have sought help from traditional doctors rather than going to health facilities. (nimblespirit.com)
Kambaki emphasized the need for more mobile laboratories that will diagnose Ebola cases and treat confirmed cases. (voanews.com)
As you can see from this article , cases of Ebola are now spreading at an exponential rate. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
If you project how many cases we could be looking at in just a few months if Ebola keeps spreading at the same pace, it becomes quite frightening. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
Even though the risk of travel associated Ebola cases in US is low, CDC recommends that clinical laboratories review information on specimen collection, handling, and transporting infectious substances safely. (cdc.gov)

Isolation gowns are the second-most-used piece of personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals, following gloves (Holguin, 2011). (cdc.gov)
All eight hospitals have agreed to the designation and are creating isolation units to accept patients, Cuomo's office said. (cnybj.com)
Hospitals do have isolation rooms, and a few negative pressure rooms, but not enough for dealing with a large outbreak. (blogspot.com)
Hospitals should follow their state and/or local health department procedures for notification and consultation for Ebola testing requests and prior to contacting CDC. (blogspot.com)
Mr Skinner said the CDC is going to step up its education and training efforts on how to triage and handle patients, and may consider designating specific hospitals in each region as an Ebola treatment facility. (straitstimes.com)
The notion of possibly transporting patients diagnosed with Ebola to these hospitals is not something that is out of the question and is something we may look into. (straitstimes.com)

Ebola Zaire vaccine is approved in Europe and the United States. (medscape.com)
There is no market-approved drug for treating Ebola yet, and no vaccine to prevent it. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Ebola vaccine produced responses from the immune system and didn't raise safety concerns in a study with 20 healthy adults, completing an initial step toward making it widely available. (thedailyrecord.com)
The University of Maryland School of Medicine says it has administered an experimental Ebola vaccine to 20 volunteers in Baltimore. (thedailyrecord.com)

No specific therapy is available that has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. (medscape.com)
Isolation doesn't simply break the transmission chain, it ensures that if the patient does pass away, it is in the controlled environment of a treatment center where he/she will not be able to infect others. (cgdev.org)
Experts note that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow such access in emergency situations based on "compassionate use," although the speed at which the treatment made it to the two patients is remarkable. (mentalhelp.net)
Texas Children's is designated by the State of Texas as a pediatric Ebola treatment center. (texaschildrens.org)
Pajares was the first patient in the fast-spreading Ebola outbreak to be evacuated to Europe for treatment. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Over 20% of patients taking Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir therapy, commonly known as Paxlovid, suffer from the rebound, compared to less than the 2% chance seen in other treatment groups, a Harvard Medical School study revealed. (medicaldaily.com)
Authorities have set up isolation and treatment tents in rural villages so that people can quickly access care. (nimblespirit.com)
Survivors like Brian Bright Ndawula are now working to raise awareness against Ebola, sharing their painful experiences but also remembering that an infected person can be cured with rapid treatment. (nimblespirit.com)
The experts will identify areas to potentially strengthen Sierra Leone's health system by equipping isolation treatment areas, emergency management and operations centers, education and training and more. (projecthope.org)
Rapid pathogen identification is a critical first step in patient isolation, treatment, and controlling an outbreak. (bvsalud.org)

Diagnostic tests available at CDC include but are not limited to RT-PCR, antigen detection, and IgM serology all of which may be utilized to rule out Lassa fever in EVD-negative patients. (blogspot.com)

Clearly, the CDC needs to expand its patent portfolio to include more strains, and that may very well be why American Ebola victims have been brought to the United States in the first place. (naturalnews.com)
This patent may help explain why Ebola victims are being transported to the United States and put under the medical authority of the CDC. (naturalnews.com)
Despite official warnings, relatives of Ebola victims have sometimes exhumed buried bodies under medical supervision to perform traditional rituals, causing peaks in contamination. (nimblespirit.com)

Operators of air medical transport (AMT) services that are considering transport of patients suspected or confirmed to have viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) and healthcare workers who will be onboard. (cdc.gov)
Use this guidance to ensure the safety of healthcare personnel and patients during AMT of patients with suspected or confirmed VHF. (cdc.gov)
If you are a patient please refer your questions to your healthcare provider. (cdc.gov)
Constructing healthcare facilities specifically for an Ebola outbreak has additional benefits. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
Keeping healthcare-worker and patient safety in mind while designing and constructing facilities has helped stem spread of the virus. (internationalmedicalcorps.org)
ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), plans to use the NIOSH findings to assist with the development of a new standard specification for non-sterile isolation gowns intended for use in healthcare settings. (cdc.gov)
She had gone on holiday the day after the second patient died on September 25, Madrid's primary healthcare director, Antonio Alemany, said at a news conference, without specifying where she had travelled to. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
To measure the contribution of each healthcare provider in overall antibiotic use in DR Congo, we combined healthcare utilisation frequencies from household surveys with antibiotic use from patient surveys. (itg.be)
Genomics in Patient Care and Workforce Decisions in High-Level Isolation Units: A Survey of Healthcare Workers. (cdc.gov)

In a new study, Chen-Yu Zhang's group at Nanjing University collaborate with Zeliang Chen's group at academy of Military Medical Sciences report that an Ebola virus-encoded microRNA-like fragment serves as a biomarker for early diagnosis. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Early diagnosis increases the chance of survival of EVD patients. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Early diagnosis and isolation can reduce the transmission to well under one additional person per infected case, thereby minimizing the possibility of virus transmission to others. (infectioncontroltoday.com)

They first inoculated a number of piglets with the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
Ebola-Zaire is the deadliest strain, with mortality rates up to 90 percent. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)

There is a belief that only 20% of the population is naturally immune to Ebola, and with an exponential pandemic, 70% of the remaining 80% of the population will eventually die. (nakedcapitalism.com)
So let us hope that we do not see a full-blown Ebola pandemic in this country. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)

With great clinical significance, this miRNA-like fragment was detectable in EVD patients before development of viremia with detectable Ebola genomic RNA, suggesting that it is an earlier biomarker than genomic RNA and could advance diagnosable window for EVD. (infectioncontroltoday.com)

Spencer had returned recently from Guinea where he volunteered with Doctors Without Borders to treat Ebola patients. (infoplease.com)

The medical worker was flown back to the United States in a private jet and admitted to an isolation ward that's designed to treat highly infectious patients. (wamc.org)

It requires that they follow protocols for identification, isolation, and medical evaluation of patients requiring care. (cnybj.com)
In a report from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Emory University School of Medicine, radiologists outlined basic protocols and recommendations to ensure the safety of staff members caring for infected patients. (pharmacytimes.com)
At training sessions held by the NIH, radiology staff directly caring for Ebola patients work to develop standard operating protocols for performing imaging procedures with portable x-ray units and bedside ultrasound imaging in biocontainment units. (pharmacytimes.com)
There is a concurrent Ebola breakout in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but Congo is believed to have protocols and resources in place to wipe this smaller outbreak out quickly. (calibrepress.com)
Distrust, misinformation and armed conflict have hampered known protocols, such as contact tracing, community alerts, patient isolation and vaccination. (imaworldhealth.org)

ZMapp is a blend of three monoclonal antibodies â€" chemicals that block the Ebola virus from invading a cell. (berkeley.edu)

To research the math I downloaded an Excel spreadsheet from the CDC that modeled Ebola infections ( here ). (nakedcapitalism.com)
Despite the occasional disaster drill, very few of our medical staff have ever had to protect themselves from (life-threatening) hemorrhagic fever infections in their patients. (blogspot.com)
These infections affect both staff and patients. (blogspot.com)
Acute infections will be confirmed using a real-time RT-PCR assay (CDC test directory code CDC -10309 Ebola Identification) in a CLIA-certified laboratory. (blogspot.com)
Each Ebola patient is estimated to transmit the virus to around 1.8 additional people without effective isolation, leading to the exponential growth of infections. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
This puts health workers and patients at risk from infections of all kinds, makes childbirth much less safe and drives antimicrobial resistance. (bvsalud.org)

Watch for signs of Ebola and follow these Ebola prevention tips to help lessen the chance of an outbreak in your area. (thirdage.com)

Can mRNA vaccines transform the fight against Ebola? (cdc.gov)

Other factors, per media reports, included local burial customs of washing the body and the unprecedented spread of Ebola to densely populated cities. (wikipedia.org)
Many of the affected countries face enormous challenges in stopping its spread and providing care for all patients. (globalissues.org)
The CDC recently confirmed the first travel-associated case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the U.S. and is taking precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola within the U.S. (projecthope.org)
And it does appear that Ebola has now spread to more countries. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
When news broke that the Ebola virus had resurfaced in Uganda, investigators in Canada were making headlines of their own with research indicating the deadly virus may spread between species, through the air. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
Infected travelers spread Ebola virus to Nigeria, Europe, and North America. (msdmanuals.com)

The decision to transport a patient suspected or confirmed to have VHF should be carefully considered and thoroughly planned in discussion with relevant public health agencies, civil aviation authorities, and personnel from the receiving facility. (cdc.gov)
Public health experts and the Obama administration opposed instituting a travel ban on Ebola endemic areas, stating that it would be ineffective and would paradoxically worsen the situation. (wikipedia.org)
Health workers in Monrovia cover the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus on October 31, 2014. (cnn.com)
Ensure that the health care workers are appropriately trained on the use specially properly donning and doffing PPEs and other barrier nursing practices for care of EVD patient in health care facilities. (who.int)
â€œWe have to keep our guard up,â€ Sylvie Briand, head of epidemiology at the UNâ€™s health agency, told a stock-taking meeting on Ebola in Paris. (berkeley.edu)
At the National Institutes of Health medical center in Bethesda, Md., spokeswoman Amanda Fine says staff involved in caring for people with Ebola are given thermometers and instructions and must measure and submit body temperatures twice daily. (modernhealthcare.com)
Taylor Wilson, a spokesman for the Nebraska isolation unit, which has also been treating Ebola patients, said that every time health care workers go into the unit, they must stop and take their temperature and other vital signs and log the results. (modernhealthcare.com)
2007 Guideline for isolation precautions: preventing transmission of infectious agents in health care settings. (cdc.gov)
Adam was among the first health workers in the country to be trained by WHO in Ebola case management in 2014 and 2015. (who.int)
Health-care workers have frequently been infected while treating patients with suspected or confirmed Ebola. (thirdage.com)
The state has also scheduled an education session for health-care workers in New York City on Tuesday "to ensure that New York is continuously prepared to safely treat anyone who is exposed to or contracts Ebola. (cnybj.com)
A decade ago, scientists would have laughed at the idea of Ebola as a public health emergency of international concern. (kff.org)
Notices handed out to neighbors, advise them that "a health care worker who lives in your area has tested positive for Ebola. (capitolhillblue.com)
An additional health care worker testing positive for Ebola is a serious concern, and the CDC has already taken active steps to minimize the risk to health care workers and the patient," the CDC said in a statement. (capitolhillblue.com)
But observing the federal guidelines insures public safety and invests a necessary level of trust in health care workers returning from the front lines, insuring that they are not needlessly forced into isolation and treated like enemy combatants. (bostonglobe.com)
They would then call a Public Health official, who could "pull the trigger" for the Ebola team to intervene. (independent.com)
Thoman - and Sugar, too - didn't mince words in describing how the Ebola scare in America has highlighted problems with the country's public health system. (independent.com)
Thoman singled out the CDC, saying the organization has "fumbled it over and over" with Ebola, a "problematic" occurrence given the overall system's reliance on area public health departments being responsible for their own contingency plans. (independent.com)
This will allow the team to identify key gaps in the country's ability to combat the Ebola outbreak, effectively treat patients and operate their overall health system," said John P. Howe III, M.D., President and CEO of Project HOPE. (projecthope.org)
Editors: IMA World Health staff working in the Ebola zone are available for interview by Skype or phone. (imaworldhealth.org)
IMA World Health has been a leader in building and strengthening DRC's health system and in the fight against Ebola. (imaworldhealth.org)
More than 120 health workers have died while trying to serve Ebola patients. (voanews.com)
Our health industry is already stretched incredibly thin, and we simply do not have the resources to handle a tsunami of high risk Ebola patients. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
The process of mobilizing the people necessary to tackle the Ebola outbreak exposed gaps in the national and international health workforce infrastructures. (who.int)

Drawing on ethnographic observation, interviews and focus groups, we explore everyday narratives of 'crisis' in these two regions which had recently seen Ebola epidemics. (bvsalud.org)

She was later diagnosed with Ebola, and CDC Director Tom Frieden has conceded that she "should not have travelled on a commercial airline. (modernhealthcare.com)

The blood of Ebola victim Amber Vinson may end up making the world a lot stronger in future fights against the Ebola virus. (berkeley.edu)
Each Ebola victim has about 10 contacts. (cgdev.org)
If an infected Ebola victim runs around touching such common objects after cleaning blood or mucous from his nose, another innocent victim can easily infect himself by touching the same objects and then eating some food that places the virus in his mouth. (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)

How did the two American patients get access to a drug whose safety and effectiveness hadn't yet been tested in humans? (mentalhelp.net)

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