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The face of Ebola: changing frequency of haemorrhage in the West African compared with Eastern-Central African outbreaks.
BMC infectious diseases - 11 Dec 2015
Petti Stefano, Messano Giuseppe Alessio, Vingolo Enzo Maria, Marsella Luigi Tonino, Scully Crispian
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BACKGROUND: The West-African (WA) Zaire Ebolavirus disease (EVD) outbreak was characterized by an exceptionally high number of cases and deaths as compared with the Eastern-Central African (ECA) outbreaks. Despite the Zaire Ebolavirus being the most lethal for humans, case-fatality rate, close to 80 % in ECA outbreaks, almost halved to 47 % in Guinea-Liberia-Sierra Leone (WA). Such an improvement was due to the...
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