title: Ebola virus disease in nonendemic countries.
abstract: The 2014 West African outbreak of Ebola virus disease was unprecedented in its scale and has resulted in transmissions outside endemic countries. Clinicians in nonendemic countries will most likely face the disease in returning travelers, either among healthcare workers, expatriates, or visiting friends and relatives. Clinical suspicion for the disease must be heightened for travelers or contacts presenting with compatible clinical syndromes, and strict infection control measures must be promptly implemented to minimize the risk of secondary transmission within healthcare settings or in the community. We present a concise review on human filoviral disease with an emphasis on issues that are pertinent to clinicians practicing in nonendemic countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Research Centre for Infection and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Samson Sai-Yin
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. Electronic address: scywong@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sally Cheuk-Ying
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D016563:Filoviridae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D014195:Travel; D057236:Travel Medicine; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019444:Vaccines, DNA
keywords: Ebola; filovirus; hemorrhagic fever; nosocomial; travel medicine