title: [Filovirus haemorrhagic fevers: Ebola fever].
abstract: Epidemiological issues, clinical course and laboratory diagnostics of Ebola haemorrhagic fever are reviewed. The structural features of virions and genetic variants of the virus are described along with ecology of Ebola virus. The data on Ebola fever global morbidity are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Plague Control of Siberia and the Far East, Irkutsk, Russia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Titenko
mesh_terms: D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D029043:Ebolavirus; D004463:Ecology; D018702:Filoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005681:Gabon / Q000453:epidemiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D009017:Morbidity; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology