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1 . 2015

Ebola fever

Abstract

The analysis of the current state of the disease caused by the Ebola virus. The characteristics of its etiologic agent, the area of distribution, clinical and epidemiological features of the mechanism of transmission and pathogenesis of Ebola fever. Provides information about the diagnosis and treatment of disease. It is concluded that the possibility of introduction of the agent in non-endemic regions, including in Russia, and the need for active research to find therapeutic drugs against the disease.

Keywords:Ebola fever, Ebola virus, epidemiology, manifestations in humans, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, treatment

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CHIEF EDITOR
Aleksandr V. Gorelov
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head of Infection Diseases and Epidemiology Department of the Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.A. Semashko ofRussian University of Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases, Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor (Moscow, Russian Federation)

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