Name: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Case Fatality Rate 90%?
Creator: Allam, Mohamed F.
Keywords: 0301 basic medicine, 570, 0303 health sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, 610, Epidemic, Humans, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, 3. Good health

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 2014Publisher:National Institute of Public HealthJournal:Central European Journal of Public Health, volume 22, pages 207-207 (issn: 1210-7778, eissn: 1803-1048,

Authors: Allam, Mohamed F.;

doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4070

pmid: 25438402

handle: 10396/12484

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Case Fatality Rate 90%?

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Abstract

Since 1976, most epidemiological studies about Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever have reported case fatality rate (CFR) of up to 90%. According to the report of WHO (1 August 2014) CFR is of 55–60% (total number of cases 1,603 – deaths 887).

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Ain Shams University
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570, 610, Epidemic, Humans, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Ebola hemorrhagic fever

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