Information resources
:: Publications
- Investigating cause of death during an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever: draft verbal autopsy instrument
- Prevention of hospital-acquired infections- A practical guide 2nd edition
- Infection control for viral haemorrhagic fevers in the African health care settings (French)
This manual describes a system for using viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) isolation precautions to reduce the risk of transmission of VHF in the health care setting. It is intended primarily for health officers who implement infection control in the health care setting, and can be used as a rapid reference when one or two cases of a VHF appear in a health facility and no previous preparations for VHF isolation precautions have been done. The information can also be used to set up an isolation area quickly and make adaptations from local materials so that an effective system of infection control can be implemented as soon as possible.
:: Articles
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Containing Hemorrhagic Fever Epidemic, The Ebola Experience in Uganda (October 2000 – January 2001)
pdf, 179kb
A paper presented at the 10th International Congress on Infectious Disease, Singapore
March 2002
- Outbreak(s) of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Republic of the Congo, January-April 2003 Weekly Epidemiological RecordVol. 78, 33, 15 August 2003
- Outbreak(s) of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, Congo and Gabon, October 2001–July 2002Weekly Epidemiological RecordVol. 78, 26, 27 June 2003
- Ebola in Africa. Discoveries in the past decade.
R.R. Arthur.
Eurosurveillance.Vol. 7,3, March 2002 - Ebola virus disease in Southern Sudan: hospital dissemination and intrafamilial spread
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Vol. 61 no. 6, 1983 (pdf, 283k) - Ebola: The Virus and the Disease
A special supplement of The Journal of Infectious Diseases (Vol. 79, Supplement 1, February 1999) sponsored by WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A concise source of information available up to 1999, identifying the remaining gaps in knowledge and placing Ebola epidemics into an understandable public health context. - The epidemic of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Sudan and Zaire, introductory note
P. Bres
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Vol. 56 no. 2, 1978 (pdf, 32k) - Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Sudan, 1976
Report of a WHO/International Study Team
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Vol. 56 no. 2, 1978 (pdf, 1.5mb) - Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Zaire, 1976
Report of an International Commission
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Vol. 56 no. 2, 1978 (pdf, 1 mb) - Ebola Virus Haemorrhagic Fever
S.R. Pattyn ed.
December, 1977