title: [EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ETIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, AND CLINICAL SYMPTOMS].
abstract: The data on the prevalence of disease caused by Ebola virus, biological features of its pathogen, character of the epidemiological process, pathogenesis and clinical symptoms are presented. The disease is characterized by suppression of protective immunological mechanisms and systemic inflammatory reaction accounting for the lesions of vascular endothelium, hemostatic and immune systems. It eventually leads to polyorgan insufficiency and severe shock. Lethality amounts to 50%.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Zhdanov
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zakharenko
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kovalenko
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Semenov
authors.forename: A Ya
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Fusin
mesh_terms: D029043:Ebolavirus; D014943:Global Health; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence