Open AccessLong-term Complications of Ebola Virus Disease: Prevalence and Predictors of Major Symptoms and the Role of Inflammation
Author(s) -
Sam Tozay,
William A. Fischer,
David A. Wohl,
Kayla W. Kilpatrick,
Fei Zou,
Edwina Reeves,
Korto Pewu,
Jean DeMarco,
Amy James Loftis,
Katie M. King,
Donald G Grant,
John S. Schieffelin,
Galakpai Gorvego,
Henrietta Johnson,
Tonia Conneh,
Gerald Williams,
Julie A. Nelson,
David L. Hoover,
Darrius McMillian,
Carson Merenbloom,
Darrell Hawks,
Karine Dubé,
Jerry Brown
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz1062
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , disease , cohort , joint pain , ebola virus , cohort study , inflammation , pediatrics
Cohort studies have reported a high prevalence of musculoskeletal, neurologic, auditory, and visual complications among Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors. However, little is known about the host- and disease-related predictors of these symptoms and their etiological mechanisms.