Ebola virus infection

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Ebola disease case definitions[90]Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Screening patients: ebola disease case definitions. Apr 2023 [internet publication]. https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/clinicians/evaluating-patients/index.html#case-def ​​

Suspect case:

• Signs and symptoms compatible with Ebola disease and an epidemiologic risk factor within 21 days before the onset of symptoms.

Confirmed case:

• Laboratory-confirmed diagnostic evidence of Ebola virus infection (i.e., though molecular and/or serologic testing).

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World Health Organization: case definition for Ebola or Marburg virus disease[94]World Health Organization. Case definition recommendations for Ebola or Marburg virus diseases. August 2014 [internet publication]. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/146397 ​​​​

The World Health Organization (WHO) has also produced a case definition:

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