Topics in Clinical Biosecurity: Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Listed below are all CBN articles on Viral Hemorrhagic Fever published since 2005

• 06-27-2018: Favipiravir Treatment of Lassa: A Broad-Spectrum RNA Antiviral A new study just published reports on the use of the influenza antiviral favipiravir for Lassa fever and provides an example of this strategy.
• 07-14-2017: CCHF in Spain: Geographic Dynamics, Nosocomial Spread Two cases of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever due to an African strain were recently in Spain one of which involved nosocomial transmission.
• 06-30-2017: Combination Therapy for Lassa Fever The optimum therapy for Lassa fever is unknown. In a new uncontrolled report of 2 cases, combination therapy was used and both patients survived.
• 05-26-2017: Asymptomatic Ebola: A Rare Event New evidence suggests that asymptomatic Ebolavirus infection occurs very rarely which has implications for epidemic preparedness and response.
• 01-27-2017: Seoul Virus Outbreak Highlights Ongoing Risk of Zoonotic Viruses CDC has alerted clinicians about an outbreak of Seoul hantavirus in the Midwest related to home-based rat breeding.
• 07-08-2016: Yellow Fever: A Vaccine-Preventable Infectious Disease Emergency Large outbreaks of yellow fever are occurring in Africa with cases being exported around the world. There is an effective vaccine, just not enough of it.
• 07-10-2015: CERN: A Healthcare Coalition for Ebola Treatment A new report describes how 4 major medical centers and the health department in Chicago have collaborated to create an Ebola response network.
• 06-12-15: West African Travel-Related Illnesses: Not Just Ebola A new study highlights the importance of travel histories—not just for Ebola or MERS. The most frequent cause of fever in travelers from West Africa is malaria.
• 12-05-2014: Nosocomial Transmission of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) from a US Soldier The case of a US soldier who was fatally infected with CCHF illustrates several important points about caring for hemorrhagic fever patients.
• 10-29-2014: Rapid Ebola Test Now Available for Use in Hospitals PCR based test can confirm or rule-out Ebola in symptomatic patients in approximately 1 hour and can be done safely in many hospitals.
• 10-22-2014: Ebola: PPE, Infection Control, and Regionalization of Care This week brought the end of the 21-day observation period of the contacts of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the US.
• 10-10-2014: Containing Marburg in Uganda Understanding how Uganda responds to this Marburg epidemic will be an example of outbreak management principles that are equally applicable to Ebola.
• 08-14-2014: Experimental Ebola Treatment Being Used Several healthcare workers infected by Ebola in Africa have been treated with an experimental drug. Should the drug be made more widely available to others?
• 06-20-2014: Arenavirus Infections in the Southwest A new report published in Emerging Infectious Diseases confirms earlier studies showing that unsuspected arenavirus infections are occurring in the US Southwest
• 04-04-2014: Ebola Outbreak in Guinea Ebola outbreak in Guinea has caused alarm and prompted the closing of national borders to prevent spread of disease.
• 10-25-2013: Fifth Type of Dengue Discovered Now, a 5th strain of Dengue has been discovered, which raises many questions and may make vaccine development even more difficult.
• 09-07-2012: Hantavirus in Yosemite Tourists Eight cases (3 fatal) of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in tourists exposed to the murine-spread virus at Yosemite this summer.
• 11-05-2010: Electronic Health Market Used to Predict the Spread of Dengue in the U.S. Knowing the number, severity, and location of cases is essential to responding effectively to an infectious disease outbreak.
• 07-30-2010: Is Rift Valley Fever Virus a Real Risk for the United States? With extensive travel occurring between SA and the U.S. during the World Cup, a reappraisal of the risk of RVFV disease in the U.S. is warranted.
• 03-22-2010: Puerto Rico Declares Dengue Fever Epidemic An epidemic of dengue fever was declared in Puerto Rico after 210 cases were recorded during the month—triple the number of cases in January 2007.
• 11-30-2007: National Academies Report on Boston BSL-4 Laboratory Yesterday, a NRC committee deemed an NIH risk analysis for a proposed biocontainment laboratory at Boston University to be “not sound and credible."
• 06-14-2005: Ebola, Marburg Vaccine Researchers have developed a live-attenuated recombinant vaccine against Ebola and Marburg viruses found to be safe and effective in nonhuman primates.
• 05-31-2005: Ebola; Pandemic Influenza On May 18, the WHO reported that an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever was confirmed in the Republic of the Congo.
• 05-02-2005: Marburg Virus Originating in the northern province of Uige in October 2004, the outbreak was not diagnosed as MHF until March 2005.
• 05-02-2005: Biothreat Update; Pandemic Vaccine The National Intelligence Council released an unclassified report for policymakers that takes a long-term view of how events may unfold over the next 15 years.
• 04-12-2005: Marburg Situation Worsens While it is known that the number of Marburg cases and deaths continues to rise, at this point the true extent of the outbreak remains unclear
• 04-06-2005: Airborne spread of SARS; Marburg outbreak Two recent studies provide evidence for airborne (small droplet aerosol) transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the hospital setting.