Book contents
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Vaccination
- Section 2 Infections in Pregnancy
- Chapter 2 Viral Hepatitis
- Chapter 3 HIV Infection
- Chapter 4 Herpes Infections and Measles
- Chapter 5 Zika Virus
- Chapter 6 Parvovirus
- Chapter 7 Influenza
- Chapter 8 Cytomegalovirus
- Chapter 9 Dengue Fever
- Chapter 10 Rubella
- Chapter 11 Molluscum Contagiosum
- Chapter 12 Ebola
- Chapter 13 Chikungunya
- Chapter 14 Antibiotics during Pregnancy and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Chapter 15 Gonorrhoea, Syphilis and Lymphogranuloma Venereum
- Chapter 16 Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, Chancroid, Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)
- Chapter 17 Genital Chlamydia trachomatis and Bacterial Vaginosis
- Chapter 18 Streptococcal Infection
- Chapter 19 Enterococci and Bacterial Infections
- Chapter 20 Listeriosis
- Chapter 21 Urinary Tract Infection
- Chapter 22 Infections and Preterm Labour
- Chapter 23 Appendicitis in Pregnancy
- Chapter 24 Complications Associated with Legal Termination of Pregnancy
- Chapter 25 Tuberculosis
- Chapter 26 Vulvo Vaginitis, Candida (Yeast) Infection
- Chapter 27 Malaria
- Chapter 28 Parasitic Infestation: Protozoa
- Section 3 Postpartum Infections
- Index
- References
Chapter 12 - Ebola
from Section 2 - Infections in Pregnancy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2019
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Vaccination
- Section 2 Infections in Pregnancy
- Chapter 2 Viral Hepatitis
- Chapter 3 HIV Infection
- Chapter 4 Herpes Infections and Measles
- Chapter 5 Zika Virus
- Chapter 6 Parvovirus
- Chapter 7 Influenza
- Chapter 8 Cytomegalovirus
- Chapter 9 Dengue Fever
- Chapter 10 Rubella
- Chapter 11 Molluscum Contagiosum
- Chapter 12 Ebola
- Chapter 13 Chikungunya
- Chapter 14 Antibiotics during Pregnancy and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Chapter 15 Gonorrhoea, Syphilis and Lymphogranuloma Venereum
- Chapter 16 Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, Chancroid, Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)
- Chapter 17 Genital Chlamydia trachomatis and Bacterial Vaginosis
- Chapter 18 Streptococcal Infection
- Chapter 19 Enterococci and Bacterial Infections
- Chapter 20 Listeriosis
- Chapter 21 Urinary Tract Infection
- Chapter 22 Infections and Preterm Labour
- Chapter 23 Appendicitis in Pregnancy
- Chapter 24 Complications Associated with Legal Termination of Pregnancy
- Chapter 25 Tuberculosis
- Chapter 26 Vulvo Vaginitis, Candida (Yeast) Infection
- Chapter 27 Malaria
- Chapter 28 Parasitic Infestation: Protozoa
- Section 3 Postpartum Infections
- Index
- References
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 PregnancyAn Evidence-Based Approach, pp. 69 - 72Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019