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EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS
卷 9, 期 1, 页码 291-301出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1722036
关键词
Ebola; EBOV; Ebola virus disease; EVD; west Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo; DRC; hemorrhagic fever
资金
- Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [ZIAAI001190, ZIAAI001179] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
The average time required to detect an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak following spillover of Ebola virus (EBOV) to a primary human case has remained essentially unchanged for over 40 years, with some of the longest delays in detection occurring in recent decades. In this review, our aim was to examine the relationship between delays in detection of EVD and the duration and size of outbreaks, and we report that longer delays are associated with longer and larger EVD outbreaks. Historically, EVD outbreaks have typically been comprised of less than 100 cases (median = 60) and have lasted less than 4 months (median = 118 days). The ongoing outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo, together with the 2013-2016 west Africa outbreak, are stark outliers amidst these trends and had two of the longest delays in detection on record. While significant progress has been made in the development of EVD countermeasures, implementation during EVD outbreaks is problematic. Thus, EVD surveillance must be improved by the broad deployment of modern diagnostic tools, as prompt recognition of EVD has the potential to stem early transmission and ultimately limit the duration and size of outbreaks.
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