title: Overview of Ebola virus disease in 2014.
abstract: In late December 2013, a deadly infectious epidemic, Ebola virus disease (EVD), emerged from West Africa and resulted in a formidable outbreak in areas including Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. EVD is a zoonotic disease with a high mortality rate. Person-to-person transmission occurs through blood or body fluid exposure, which can jeopardize first-line healthcare workers if there is a lack of stringent infection control or no proper personal protective equipment available. Currently, there is no standard treatment for EVD. To promptly identify patients and prevent further spreading, physicians should be aware of travel or contact history for patients with constitutional symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chih-Peng
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: yjchan@vghtpe.gov.tw.
authors.forename: Yu-Jiun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
keywords: Ebola; outbreak; treatment