ebola

Neurologic Sequelae Following Ebola Virus Disease in Children in Liberia: An Observational Cohort Study Hanalise V Huff, Collin van Ryn, Cavan S Reilly, Avindra Nath, B Jeanne Billioux, Helen D Tarfeh-Burnette, Kumblytee L Johnson, David R Bearden Background The West Africa Ebola virus disease...

Background Many Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors have reported somatic and neuropsychological symptoms after discharge from the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU). Since the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, various studies have investigated and identified these symptoms. Evidence on somatic...

Long Ebola . . . Abstract Background Lingering symptoms have been reported by survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD). There are few data describing the persistence and severity of these symptoms over time. Methods Symptoms of headache, fatigue, joint pain, muscle pain, hearing loss, visual...

Abstract Ebola virus (EBOV) causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans with high mortality. In Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors, EBOV persistence in the eyes may break through the inner blood–retinal barrier (iBRB), leading to ocular complications and EVD recurrence. However, the mechanism by...

A Twitter user pointed out this interesting tidbit: survivors of Ebola seem to display similar symptoms to ME. This isn't particularly new but potentially very interesting. Is it closer to ME or PVFS? Are those different other than a better prognosis for the latter? Not sure enough time has...

Looks into post-viral symptoms; mentions CFS https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0209655

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