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Ebola

This page is about clinical aspects of the disease.  For microbiologic aspects of the causative organism(s), see Ebola virus.

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Michael Maddaleni, B.S., Guillermo Rodriguez Nava, M.D. [2], Marjan Khan M.B.B.S.[3] Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [4]

Synonyms and keywords: Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola haemorrhagic fever, Ebola HF, EHF, Zaire virus, Zaire Ebolavirus, ZEBOV, Sudan Ebolavirus, SEBOV, Reston Ebolavirus, REBOV, Cote d’Ivoire Ebolavirus, CIEBOV, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, Tai Forest ebolavirus

Diagnosis

Algorithm for the Evaluation of the Returned Traveler | Emergency Department Evaluation | Case Definition | History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy | Air Medical Transport | Monitoring and Movement Following Exposure | Primary Prevention | Future or Investigational Therapies

Postmortem Care

Postmortem Care

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