Filoviruses A Compendium of 40 Years of Epidemiological, Clinical, and Laboratory Studies /

• Main Author: Kuhn, Jens H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2008.
• Series: Archives of Virology. Supplementa, 20
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Virology.; Infectious diseases.; Tropical medicine.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.; Tropical Medicine.

The filoviruses (Lake Victoria marburgvirus and ebolaviruses) are etiological agents of severe hemorrhagic fevers with extraordinary high case-fatality rates for humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and probably other animals. Many institutions and experts consider them as potential threats to humanity be...

Table of Contents:

• History of filoviral disease outbreaks
• Clinical presentation of filoviral disease
• Filoviral disease pathology
• Geographic distribution of filoviruses: serological surveys
• Ecology of filoviruses: search for reservoirs
• Cultivation of filoviruses
• Molecular characteristics of filoviruses
• Laboratory diagnosis of filoviral disease
• Outbreak containment
• Inactivation of filoviruses and disinfection protocols
• Vaccine development
• Treatment of filoviral disease
• Appendix: Members of the Filoviridae Study Group, ICTV.