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Feldmann H, Geisbert TW. Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Lancet. 2011 Mar 5;377(9768):849-62.Full text  Abstract

Kortepeter MG, Bausch DG, Bray M. Basic clinical and laboratory features of filoviral hemorrhagic fever. J Infect Dis. 2011 Nov;204 Suppl 3:S810-6Full text  Abstract

WHO Ebola Response Team. Ebola virus disease in West Africa: the first 9 months of the epidemic and forward projections. N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 16;371(16):1481-95.Full text  Abstract

Hunt L, Gupta-Wright A, Simms V, et al. Clinical presentation, biochemical, and haematological parameters and their association with outcome in patients with Ebola virus disease: an observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;15(11):1292-9. Abstract

Fowler RA, Fletcher T, Fischer WA 2nd, et al. Caring for critically ill patients with Ebola virus disease. Perspectives from West Africa. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Oct 1;190(7):733-7.Full text  Abstract

Lado M, Walker N, Baker P, et al. Clinical features of patients isolated for suspected Ebola virus disease at Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Sep;15(9):1024-33. Abstract

Lamontagne F, Fowler RA, Adhikari NK, et al. Evidence-based guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease. Lancet. 2018 Feb 17;391(10121):700-8.Full text  Abstract

​World Health Organization. Manual for the care and management of patients in Ebola care units/community care centres: interim emergency guidance. January 2015 [internet publication].Full text

World Health Organization. Clinical management of patients with viral haemorrhagic fever: a pocket guide for the front-line health worker. Feb 2016 [internet publication].Full text

World Health Organization. Interim guidance: potential Ebola therapies and vaccines. Nov 2014 [internet publication].Full text

World Health Organization. Therapeutics for Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo. Aug 2022 [internet publication].Full text

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