title: [Ebola virus disease].
abstract: Ebola is one of the most virulent zoonotic RNA viruses causing in humans haemorrhagic fever with fatality ratio reaching 90%. During the outbreak of 2014 the number of deaths exceeded 8.000. The "imported" cases reported in Western Europe and USA highlighted the extreme risk of Ebola virus spreading outside the African countries. Thus, haemorrhagic fever outbreak is an international epidemiological problem, also due to the lack of approved prevention and therapeutic strategies. The editorial review article briefly summarizes current knowledge on Ebola virus disease epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis as well as possible prevention and treatment.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nazimek
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bociaga-Jasik
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bryniarski
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gałas
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garlicki
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gawda
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gawlik
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosz-Vnenchak
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mrozek-Budzyn
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olszanecki
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piatek
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zawilińska
authors.affiliation: Department Of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. mmmarcin@cyf-kr.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marcinkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D019049:Developed Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000254:growth & development*; D014943:Global Health; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; haemorrhagic fever