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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 212, Issue -, Pages S98-S100Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv153
Keywords
Ebola; heat stress disorders; hemorrhagic fever; protective clothing
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- Intramural Research Program of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important part of worker protection during filovirus outbreaks. The need to protect against a highly virulent fluid-borne pathogen in the tropical environment imposes a heat stress on the wearer that is itself a safety risk. No evidence supports the choice of PPE employed in recent outbreaks, and standard testing procedures employed by the protective garment industry do not well simulate filovirus exposure. Further research is needed to determine the appropriate PPE for filoviruses and the heat stress that it imposes.
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