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Points of entry dynamics: understanding the cross-border threats for Ebola virus disease and COVID-19 in Ghana using a logic model approach

Duah, John Kwame; Dotun-Olujinm, Oluwatosin; Johnson, James A; Greenhill, Richard G.

J. Public Health Africa (Online); 14 (4), 2023

Background. The influx of people across the national borders of Ghana has been of interest and concern in the public health and national security community in recent times due to the low capacity for the prevention and management of epidemics and other public health risks. Although the International Heal...

COVID-19, Ebolavirus, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Epidemics, Public Health Surveillance, Public Health, International Health Regulations, Disaster Mitigation

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Dixième épidémie d'Ebola en République Démocratique du Congo: défis majeurs relevés dans la prise en charge médicale

Malengera, Victor Kambale; Sikakulya, Franck Katembo; Blaise Pascal, Furaha Nzanzu.

PAMJ - One Health; 9 (NA), 2022

Identifié depuis 1976, le filovirus Ebola est la cause d´une maladie caractérisée principalement par un syndrome grippale inaugural avec une fièvre quasi permanente suivi des signes digestifs: diarrhée, vomissement à la base de la déshydratation. La mort survient souvent dans un tableau de défai...

Ebolavirus, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Diagnosis, Signs and Symptoms, Disease Management, Vaccination, Patient Isolators

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Investigation of rodent reservoirs of emerging pathogens in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa

Meite, S; Koffi, K S; Kouassi, K S; Coulibaly, K J; Sylla, A; Sylla, Y; Faye-Ketté, H; Dosso, M.

Afr. J. Clin. Exp. Microbiol; 23 (3), 2022

Background: One of the main health problems in West Africa remains upsurge of emerging pathogens. Ebola virus disease outbreak occurred in 2014 in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Monkeypox virus in Nigeria in 2017 and most recently Lassa virus in Nigeria, Togo and Benin in 2018. These pathogens have a...

Rodent Diseases, Rodent Control, Disease Reservoirs, Orthopoxvirus, Monkeypox virus, Ebolavirus, Lassa virus

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Rapid diagnostic tests versus RT–PCR for Ebola virus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Muzembo, Basilua Andre; Kitahara, Kei; Ohno, Ayumu; Ntontolo, Ngangu Patrick; Ngatu, Nlandu Roger; Okamoto, Keinosuke; Miyoshi, Shin-Ichi.

Bull. W.H.O. (Print); 100 (7), 2022

Objective To evaluate the clinical accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Ebola virus. Methods We searched MEDLINE®, Embase® and Web of Science for articles published between 1976 and October 2021 reporting on clinical studies assessing the performance of Ebola virus rapid diagnostic t...

Ebolavirus, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Diagnosis, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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