Description
Ebola Virus Disease
From Origin to Outbreak
Author: Qureshi Adnan I.
Language: EnglishKeywords
Animal host; Antibodies; Antiviral agents; Apes; Bats; Biosafety level; Bubonic plague; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Community; Cote D'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo; Dengue fever; DNA; Doctors Without Borders; Donka National Hospital; Ebola virus disease; Ebola; Economic impact; Electron microscope; Envelope; Epidemic; Epidemics; Genetic material; Gorillas; Green monkey; Gross domestic product; Gross national income (GNI)West Africa; Guinea; Health care; Health-care workers; History; Humans; Immune system; Interviews; Liberia; Mali; Marburg virus; Media; Meliandou; Mental health; National response; Natural reservoirs; Nature's experiment; Nigeria; Origins; Personal protective equipment; Perspectives; Physicians; Polymerase chain reaction; Preparedness; Psychological; Quarantine; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RNA; SARS; Serum; Sierra Leone; Spanish flu epidemic (1918�1920)Vaccines; Stigma; Sudan; Survivor; Survivors; The United States; Therapeutics; Treatment; Vaccines; Virus structure; West Africa; West Saharan Africa; World Bank; World Health Organization; Zaire; Zmapp; ZMapp; Zoonotic
Support: Print on demand
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Ebola Virus Disease: From Origins to Outbreak covers Ebola virus disease in its entirety from its origins through major outbreaks in the past to the present day outbreak. It contains information on the West Saharan response to Ebola as well as highlights from the field in West Africa from Dr. Qureshi and Dr. Chughtai, helping to solve the primary question of what?s next and aiding in formulating a path forward. With a growing awareness of the devastating effects of this viral disease and an influx of topical research, this book provides the information the global community of researchers, clinicians and students need to better inform their research and study of Ebola virus disease.
Researchers in virology, microbiology, infectious disease, immunology, and public health
- Includes perspectives from the 2014-2015 outbreak from the field
- Provides a detailed overview of the origins of Ebola virus through present day discoveries
- Written with an integrative approach, incorporating scientific research with insights from the field