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Ebola Virus Haemorrhagic Fever

Ebola Virus Haemorrhagic Fever

Proceedings of an International Colloquium on Ebola Virus Infection and Other Haemorrhagic Fevers held in Antwerp, Belgium, 6-8 December, 1977

INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

PREFACE

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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

SECTION I : EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION

1. Clinical Aspects

CLINICAL ASPECTS OF EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION IN YAMBUKU AREA, ZAIRE, 1976.

CLINICAL ASPECTS OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE AT THE NGALIEMA HOSPITAL, KINSHASA, ZAIRE, 1976

AFRICAN HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN THE SOUTHERN SUDAN, 1976: THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

ISOLATION, MONITORING AND TREATMENT OF A CASE OF EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION

2. PATHOLOGY. VIRUS MORPHOLOGY. TAXONOMY.

HUMAN PATHOLOGY OF EBOLA (MARIDI) VIRUS INFECTION IN THE SUDAN

PATHOLOGY OF EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION

EBOLA AND MARBURG VIRUS MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY

3. LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS

VIROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROPERTIES OF EBOLA VIRUS

VIROLOGICAL STUDIES ON A CASE OF EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION IN MAN AND IN MONKEYS

4. EPIDEMIOLOGY

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EBOLA HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN ZAIRE, 1976

THE HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER OUTBREAK IN MARIDI, WESTERN EQUATORIA, SOUTHERN SUDAN

EBOLA FEVER IN THE SUDAN, 1976 : EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE DISEASE

THE NZARA OUTBREAK OF VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER

VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN THE SUDAN, 1976 : HUMAN VIROLOGICAL AND SEROLOGICAL STUDIES

CONTAINMENT AND SURVEILLANCE OF AN EPIDEMIC OF EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION IN YAMBUKU AREA, ZAIRE, 1976

CONTAINMENT AND SURVEILLANCE OF A HOSPITAL OUTBREAK OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE IN KINSHASA, ZAIRE, 1976.

CONTAINMENT AND SURVEILLANCE OF THE EBOLA VIRUS EPIDEMIC IN SOUTHERN SUDAN

COLLECTION OF MAMMALS AND ARTHROPODS DURING THE EPIDEMIC OF HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN ZAIRE

APPROACHES TOWARDS STUDIES ON POTENTIAL RESERVOIRS OF VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN SOUTHERN SUDAN (1977)

RESULTS OF EBOLA ANTIBODY SURVEYS IN VARIOUS POPULATION GROUPS

LOGISTICS IN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS (ABSTRACT)

5. PLASMAPHERESIS PROGRAMS

PLASMAPHERESE DANS LE FOYER EPIDEMIQUE DE YAMBUKU, ZAIRE

PLASMAPHERESIS MEASURES IN SUDAN

EVALUATION OF THE PLASMAPHERESIS PROGRAM IN ZAIRE

6. PROBLEMS AND FUTURE NEEDS

DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE AGAINST AFRICAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

THE EFFECT OF INTERFERON ON EXPERIMENTAL EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION IN RHESUS MONKEYS

GROWTH OF LASSA AND EBOLA VIRUSES IN DIFFERENT CELL LINES

ATTEMPTS TO CLASSIFY UNGROUPED ARBOVIRUSES BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

SECTION II OTHER HAEMORRAGIC FEVERS

MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE

LASSA FEVER : HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND CONTEMPORARY INVESTIGATION

LASSA FEVER VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN MASTOMYS NATALENSIS CAUGHT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF NIGERIA

SOUTH AMERICAN HAEMORRHAGIC FEVERS

CRIMEAN - CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

RICKETTSIOSES: CURRENT PROBLEMS OF CLINICAL INTEREST

KOREAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

NEPHROPATHIA EPIDEMICA

SECTION III : PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS

1. SURVEILLANCE IN ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

EBOLA HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER : A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM

SURVEILLANCE OF HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN ENDEMIC AREAS : SUDAN

SURVEILLANCE OF HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN ENDEMIC AREAS : KENYA

THE SURVEILLANCE OF VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN ZAIRE

2. LABORATORY AND FIELD EQUIPMENT

LABORATORY AND FIELD SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE MANIPULATION OF HIGHLY INFECTIOUS AGENTS

3. HOSPITALISATION

HOSPITALISATION OF PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF HIGHLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE

THE PLANNING OF A MODERN ISOLATION UNIT IN THE NETHERLANDS

4. TRANSPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE

EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD) SURVEILLANCE AND MEDICAL EVACUATION OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION MEMBERS IN ZAIRE

INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE AND TRANSPORT OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE AND OTHER HAEMORRHAGIC FEVERS: THE UK EXPERIENCE

SURVEILLANCE AND TRANSPORT OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECT VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE

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