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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 3/2015

01-03-2015 | What's New in Intensive Care

Isolation in patients with Ebola virus disease

Authors: Dominic Wichmann, Stefan Schmiedel, Stefan Kluge

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 3/2015

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Ebola filoviruses are the causative pathogens of a severe form of viral haemorrhagic fever with high case fatality rates in humans (50–90 %; more than 70 % in the current outbreak), designated Ebola haemorrhagic fever or Ebola virus disease (EVD). Ebola is endemic in regions of Central and Western Africa [1, 2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Isolation in patients with Ebola virus disease
Authors
Dominic Wichmann
Stefan Schmiedel
Stefan Kluge
Publication date
01-03-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3582-3

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