Hot Topic! Ebola

 News about the ebola virus continues, including this article from the BBC about healthcare workers Ebola outbreak: How health workers are treating patients and staying safe in DR Congo - BBC News

Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more.

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BMJ Best Practice – Ebola disease

Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Ebola Virus Disease

Cochrane Library systematic reviews – Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review (2020)

Oxford Medicine Online – Chapter Emerging infectious diseases in Oxford textbook of health protection: principles and practice (2026)

Patient Information

• Ebola [BMJ BP]
• Ebola virus infection: what to know [Clinical Key]

Selected articles from our journal collection

• Combining vaccines, optimised supportive care, and therapeutics for Ebola virus disease increases survival, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Fischer, William A; Wohl, David A, Vol. 24 Issue 6, pp. 560–562, 2024.
• Effect of anti-Ebola virus monoclonal antibodies on endogenous antibody production in survivors of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: an observational cohort study, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Nkuba-Ndaye, Antoine et al; Vol. 24 Issue 3, pp. 266–274, 2024.
• Improving Ebola virus disease outbreak control through targeted post-exposure prophylaxis, Lancet Global Health, Hoffmann Dahl Elin MD,Mbala Placide Prof,Juchet Sylvain PharmD,Touré Abdoulaye Prof,Montoyo Alice PharmD,Serra Beatrice MPH,Kojan Richard MD,D'Ortenzio Eric MD,Blomberg Bjorn Prof,Jaspard Marie PhD, Volume 12, Issue 10, 2024, Pages e1730-e1736.
• Immunogenicity and safety of Ebola vaccines in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis, International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Zarro, Marianna; Bashlakova, Katsiaryna; Dellisanti, Benedetta; Brunone, Serena; Villari, Paolo; De Vito, Corrado; Rosso, Annalisa, Vol. 162, p. 108171, 2026.

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