Does this patient have Ebola virus disease?

Pierre Tattevin (1) , Emanuele Durante-Mangoni (2) , Moses Massaquoi (3)

1 Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale [Rennes] = Infectious Disease and Intensive Care [Rennes]
2 Monaldi Hospital
3 Ebola Response and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

(beginning of the introduction) Ebola virus is one of the most virulent human pathogens. Since 1976, Ebola virus disease (EVD) has caused more than 20 outbreaks in Africa, with case fatality rates of 30%-90%, in the absence of any approved treatment or vaccination [1].

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Pierre Tattevin, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Moses Massaquoi. Does this patient have Ebola virus disease?. Intensive Care Medicine, 2014, 40 (11), pp.1738-41. ⟨10.1007/s00134-014-3473-7⟩. ⟨hal-01096514⟩