Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic

Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic

Ebola virus disease (EVD—formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is a severe hemorrhagic fever caused by lipid-enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the genus Ebolavirus. Case fatality rates may reach up to 76% of infected individuals, making this infection a deadly...

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Main Authors: Vingolo, Enzo Maria, Messano, Giuseppe Alessio, Fragiotta, Serena, Spadea, Leopoldo, Petti, Stefano
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628748/
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spelling pubmed-46287482015-11-09 Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic Vingolo, Enzo Maria Messano, Giuseppe Alessio Fragiotta, Serena Spadea, Leopoldo Petti, Stefano Review Article Ebola virus disease (EVD—formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is a severe hemorrhagic fever caused by lipid-enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the genus Ebolavirus. Case fatality rates may reach up to 76% of infected individuals, making this infection a deadly health problem in the sub-Saharan population. At the moment, there are still no indications on ophthalmological clinical signs and security suggestions for healthcare professionals (doctors and nurses or cooperative persons). This paper provides a short but complete guide to reduce infection risks. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4628748/ /pubmed/26557674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/487073 Text en Copyright © 2015 Enzo Maria Vingolo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Vingolo, Enzo Maria
Messano, Giuseppe Alessio
Fragiotta, Serena
Spadea, Leopoldo
Petti, Stefano
spellingShingle Vingolo, Enzo Maria
Messano, Giuseppe Alessio
Fragiotta, Serena
Spadea, Leopoldo
Petti, Stefano
Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic
author_facet Vingolo, Enzo Maria
Messano, Giuseppe Alessio
Fragiotta, Serena
Spadea, Leopoldo
Petti, Stefano
author_sort Vingolo, Enzo Maria
title Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic
title_short Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic
title_full Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic
title_fullStr Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic
title_full_unstemmed Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist's Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic
title_sort ocular manifestations of ebola virus disease: an ophthalmologist's guide to prevent infection and panic
description Ebola virus disease (EVD—formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is a severe hemorrhagic fever caused by lipid-enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the genus Ebolavirus. Case fatality rates may reach up to 76% of infected individuals, making this infection a deadly health problem in the sub-Saharan population. At the moment, there are still no indications on ophthalmological clinical signs and security suggestions for healthcare professionals (doctors and nurses or cooperative persons). This paper provides a short but complete guide to reduce infection risks.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628748/
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