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SUBMITTER: Lamontagne F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6636325 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lamontagne François F Fowler Robert A RA Adhikari Neill K NK Murthy Srinivas S Brett-Major David M DM Jacobs Michael M Uyeki Timothy M TM Vallenas Constanza C Norris Susan L SL Fischer William A WA Fletcher Thomas E TE Levine Adam C AC Reed Paul P Bausch Daniel G DG Gove Sandy S Hall Andrew A Shepherd Susan S Siemieniuk Reed A RA Lamah Marie-Claude MC Kamara Rashida R Nakyeyune Phiona P Soka Moses J MJ Edwin Ama A Hazzan Afeez A AA Jacob Shevin T ST Elkarsany Mubarak Mustafa MM Adachi Takuya T Benhadj Lynda L Clément Christophe C Crozier Ian I Garcia Armando A Hoffman Steven J SJ Guyatt Gordon H GH
Lancet (London, England) 20171017 10121
The 2013-16 Ebola virus disease outbreak in west Africa was associated with unprecedented challenges in the provision of care to patients with Ebola virus disease, including absence of pre-existing isolation and treatment facilities, patients' reluctance to present for medical care, and limitations in the provision of supportive medical care. Case fatality rates in west Africa were initially greater than 70%, but decreased with improvements in supportive care. To inform optimal care in a future ...[more]