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Chapter 12 - Ebola

from Section 2 - Infections in Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2019

By
Adel Elkady ,
Prabha Sinha  and
Soad Ali Zaki Hassan
Edited by
Adel Elkady ,
Prabha Sinha  and
Soad Ali Zaki Hassan
Adel Elkady
Affiliation:
Police Force Hospital, Cairo
Prabha Sinha
Affiliation:
Oman Medical College, Oman
Soad Ali Zaki Hassan
Affiliation:
Alexandria University
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Summary

Ebola virus disease (EVD) was first recognised in 1976, when there was an outbreak of viral haemorrhagic fever near the Ebola River in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)) with multiple subsequent outbreaks confined to sub-Saharan Africa and spread to Europe and the USA by human transportation.

Ebola disease is rare but causes severe viral haemorrhagic disease.

EVD is a filovirus infection, thought to be transmitted to humans from an unknown animal reservoir. Bats or non-human primates are suggested to be the most likely species involved in the occurrence of sporadic human outbreaks.

There are five identified species of EVD. Zaire ebolavirus is the most lethal strain.

Animal-to-human transmission is thought to be through the wild animal meat consumption. Human-to-human transmission is through mucosal contact with infected body fluids.

Incubation period is up to 21 days (median five to nine days).

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Infections in Pregnancy
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 69 - 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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