Ebola virus disease: any risk for oral and maxillo-facial surgery? An overview.
Oral Maxillofac Surg
; 20(2): 111-4, 2016 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-26781718
ABSTRACT
The 2014-2015 outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa has been considered a major global health emergency by the WHO. Implications for health care providers including oral and maxillo-facial surgeons have been published by the WHO, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA), and other medical societies and public health organizations. While the risk of infection with the Ebola virus seems to be rather small in Europe, maxillo-facial and plastic surgeons often travel to Africa to treat patients with facial burns, cleft-lip and palate, and noma. The likelihood of an encounter with patients infected by Ebola virus in subsaharan and West Africa, therefore, has increased during the last 2 years. The purpose of this short overview was to summarize the virology of the Ebola virus, transmission, epidemiology, clinical features, oral manifestations, treatment, and possible implications for maxillo-facial surgeons of EDV.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cirurgia Bucal
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Cirurgia Plástica
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Surtos de Doenças
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa do Paciente para o Profissional
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Doença pelo Vírus Ebola
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Oral Maxillofac Surg
Assunto da revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha