Drug resistance among top threats: WHO
NEW DELHI: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the 10 threats to global health in 2019 by World Health Organisation (WHO). The other threats on this list include HIV, Ebola, dengue,
Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)
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West African authorities adopt common strategy to fight Ebola
West African countries and international health organizations adopted a fresh strategy on Thursday to fight the world's deadliest Ebola epidemic, which has killed hundreds of people in Guinea, Sierra Leone
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UN seeks to calm Ebola fears in West Africa
THE United Nations reassured west Africa yesterday that the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola epidemic could be stopped in its tracks, telling the region’s health ministers: “We can handle this.” The new
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Distribution Map, Africa, 1976-2014
This is a map by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever outbreaks by species and size in various countries across Africa, 1976-2014.
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Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa - Rapid Risk Assessment
An outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, with onset in early February 2014, is evolving in Guinea and Liberia. This is the first such outbreak in the area. The first cases were reported
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Transmission of Ebola virus from pigs to non-human primates
Ebola viruses (EBOV) cause often fatal hemorrhagic fever in several species of simian primates including human. While fruit bats are considered natural reservoir, involvement of other species in EBOV transmission
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Mathematical models to study the outbreaks of Ebola
Using S-I-R and S-E-I-R models, it was possible to simulate two Ebola outbreaks: the 1976 outbreak in Yambuku, Zaire and the 1995 outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire. The dynamics of these models are determined