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SUBMITTER: Reisler RB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5547776 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Reisler Ronald B RB Yu Chenggang C Donofrio Michael J MJ Warren Travis K TK Wells Jay B JB Stuthman Kelly S KS Garza Nicole L NL Vantongeren Sean A SA Donnelly Ginger C GC Kane Christopher D CD Kortepeter Mark G MG Bavari Sina S Cardile Anthony P AP
Emerging infectious diseases 20170801 8
The Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in West Africa during 2013-2016 demonstrated the need to improve Ebola virus disease (EVD) diagnostics and standards of care. This retrospective study compared laboratory values and clinical features of 3 nonhuman primate models of lethal EVD to assess associations with improved survival time. In addition, the study identified laboratory values useful as predictors of survival, surrogates for EBOV viral loads, and triggers for initiation of therapeutic interventio ...[more]