Clinical presentation of patients with ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-47

  Bah, Elhadj Ibrahima ^a   Lamah, Marie Claire ^a   Fletcher, Tom ^d   Jacob, Shevin T ^f,g,h   Brett Major, David M ⁱ   Sall, Amadou Alpha ^l   Shindo, Nahoko ^j   Fischer, William A ^m   Lamontagne, Francois ⁿ   Saliou, Sow Mamadou ^a   Bausch, Daniel G ^q,r   Moumié, Barry ^a   Jagatic, Tim ^s   Sprecher, Armand ^s   Lawler, James V ^t   Mayet, Thierry ^u   Jacquerioz, Frederique A ^r   Baggi, María F Méndez ^r   Vallenas, Constanza ^k   Clement, Christophe ^v   Mardel, Simon ^e   Faye, Ousmane ^l   Faye, Oumar ^l   Soropogui, Baré ^b   Magassouba, Nfaly ^b   Koivogui, Lamine ^c   Pinto, Ruxandra ^o   Fowler, Robert A ^p   more..

^a Department of Haematology   (Guinea)

^b Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry   (Guinea)

^c Institut National de Santé Conakry   (Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Hospital Mulago   (Uganda)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h Preparedness and Mass Gatherings Global Preparedness Surveillance and Response Operations   (United States)

ⁱ Global Capacities Alert and Response Health Security and Environment   (United States)

^j Department of Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases ^*  (United States)

^k WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^l INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^o Trauma Emergency and Critical Care Program   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q California   (Peru)

^r TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^t NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^u Centre Hospitalier de Dax   (France)

^v Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; OXYGEN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MELENA; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; POPULATION RISK; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVOR; TACHYCARDIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE; COMPLICATION; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUID THERAPY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

EID: 84920424430     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411249     Document Type: Article

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