Discovery and Description of Ebola Zaire Virus in 1976 and Relevance to the West African Epidemic during 2013-2016

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 214, Issue , 2016, Pages S93-S101

  Breman, Joel G ^a   Heymann, David L ^f,g   Lloyd, Graham ^h   McCormick, Joseph B ^b   Miatudila, Malonga ^d   Murphy, Frederick A ^c   Muyembé Tamfun, Jean Jacques ⁱ   Piot, Peter ^g   Ruppol, Jean François ^j   Sureau, Pierre ^k   Van Der Groen, Guido ^l   Johnson, Karl M ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security   (United States)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h Medical Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Institut National de Recherche Médical   (France)

^j Kinshasa   (Congo)

^k INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^l INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Discovery of Ebola Zaire virus; Ebola in 1976 and 2013 2016; Ebola virus disease

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; GEORGIA (U.S.); GUINEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIBERIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; SUDANESE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST AFRICAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

BELGIUM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84990911211     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw207     Document Type: Article

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