[HTML][HTML] Persistence of Ebola virus in ocular fluid during convalescence

JB Varkey, JG Shantha, I Crozier, CS Kraft… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Among the survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD), complications that include uveitis can
develop during convalescence, although the incidence and pathogenesis of EVD …

The use of convalescent plasma to treat emerging infectious diseases: focus on Ebola virus disease

AM Winkler, SA Koepsell - Current opinion in hematology, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Although the first reports of successful treatment with passive immune therapy date back to
the early 1900s, convalescent plasma has materialized as a possible therapy for patients …

Addressing therapeutic options for Ebola virus infection in current and future outbreaks

A Haque, D Hober, J Blondiaux - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ebola virus can cause severe hemorrhagic disease with high fatality rates. Currently, no
specific therapeutic agent or vaccine has been approved for treatment and prevention of …

Considerations in the use of nonhuman primate models of Ebola virus and Marburg virus infection

TW Geisbert, JE Strong… - The Journal of infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The filoviruses, Ebola virus and Marburg virus, are zoonotic pathogens that cause severe
hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates (NHPs), with case-fatality rates …

Comparison of FilmArray and quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR for detection of Zaire ebolavirus from contrived and clinical specimens

TR Southern, LD Racsa, CG Albariño… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Rapid, reliable, and easy-to-use diagnostic assays for detection of Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV)
are urgently needed. The goal of this study was to examine the agreement among …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling emerging infections: clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014–2015

NF Walker, CJM Whitty - Clinical Medicine, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The magnitude of the 2014–2015 West African Ebola virus disease outbreak was
unforeseen at its onset and the initial international response was slow. The high mortality …

Relationship between Ebola virus real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction–based threshold cycle value and virus isolation from human plasma

JR Spengler, AK McElroy, JR Harmon… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We performed a longitudinal analysis of plasma samples obtained from 4 patients with
Ebola virus (EBOV) disease (EVD) to determine the relationship between the real-time …

Critical care for multiple organ failure secondary to Ebola virus disease in the United States

V Sueblinvong, DW Johnson, GL Weinstein… - Critical care …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This report describes three patients with Ebola virus disease who were treated in
the United States and developed for severe critical illness and multiple organ failure …

[HTML][HTML] Ebola virus infections in nonhuman primates are temporally influenced by glycoprotein poly-U editing site populations in the exposure material

JC Trefry, SE Wollen, F Nasar, JD Shamblin, SJ Kern… - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
Recent experimentation with the variants of the Ebola virus that differ in the glycoprotein's
poly-uridine site, which dictates the form of glycoprotein produced through a transcriptional …

[HTML][HTML] Ebola virus disease: experience and decision making for the first patients outside of Africa

DS Stephens, BS Ribner, BD Gartland… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
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