Open AccessEbola virus: A global public health menace: A narrative review
Author(s) -
Shamimul Hasan,
Syed Ansar Ahmad,
Rahnuma Masood,
Shazina Saeed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_297_19
Subject(s) - medicine , ebola virus , intensive care medicine , disease , public health , filoviridae , population , virus , immunology , viral disease , pathology , environmental health , paramyxoviridae
Ebola virus disease (EVD), a fatal viral hemorrhagic illness, is due to infection with the Ebola virus of the Filoviridae family. The disease has evolved as a global public health menace due to a large immigrant population. Initially, the patients present with nonspecific influenza-like symptoms and eventually terminate into shock and multiorgan failure. There exists no specific treatment protocol for EVD and only supportive and symptomatic therapy is the line of treatment. This review article provides a detailed overview of the Ebola virus; it's clinical and oral manifestations, diagnostic aids, differential diagnosis, preventive aspects, and management protocol.