Presence and Persistence of Ebola or Marburg Virus in Patients and Survivors: A Rapid Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2013-15 Ebola outbreak was unprecedented due to sustained transmission within urban environments and thousands of survivors. In 2014 the World Health Organization stated that there was insufficient evidence to give definitive guidance about which body fluids are infectious and when they pose a risk to humans. We report a rapid systematic review of published evidence on the presence of filoviruses in body fluids of infected people and survivors.

Methods

Scientific articles were screened for information about filovirus in human body fluids. The aim was to find primary data that suggested high likelihood of actively infectious filovirus in human body fluids (viral RNA). Eligible infections were from Marburg virus (MARV or RAVV) and Zaire, Sudan, Taï Forest and Bu

SUBMITTER: Brainard J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4771830 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature