Ebola virus disease : from origin to outbreak / Adnan I Qureshi.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 14, 2016)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ebola Virus Disease: From Origins to Outbreak covers Ebola virus disease in its entirety from its origins through major outbreaks in the past to the present day outbreak. It contains information on the West Saharan response to Ebola as well as highlights from the field in West Africa from Dr. Qureshi and Dr. Chughtai, helping to solve the primary question of what's next and aiding in formulating a path forward. With a growing awareness of the devastating effects of this viral disease and an influx of topical research, this book provides the information the global community of researchers, clinicians and students need to better inform their research and study of Ebola virus disease.

Front Cover; Ebola Virus Disease: From Origin to Outbreak; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Author Biographies; DR ADNAN IQBAL QURESHI; DR OMAR SAEED; DR MORAD CHUGHTAI; DR NAUMAN JAHANGIR; DR MOHAMMAD R. AFZAL; DR AHMED A. MALIK; DR MUSHTAQ H. QURESHI; DR IHTESHAM A. QURESHI; Acknowledgments; 1 -- Ebola Virus: Nature's Experiment Gone Wrong; THE FIRST GLOBAL PANDEMIC; MANKIND VULNERABLE NOMORE?; AND THEN CAME EBOLA VIRUSPANDEMIC; REFERENCES; 2 -- A Personal Journey; ARRIVAL IN CONAKRY, GUINEA; TOUR TO EBOLA VIRUS DISEASEISOLATION UNITS; A VISIT TO THE VILLAGES; TIME TO BID FAREWELL.

RETURN HOME AND THE COLDWELCOMEFINAL THOUGHTS; REFERENCES; 3 -- Ebola Virus: The Origins; THE HISTORY OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE EMERGENCE (1967-1975); EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE IN SUDAN ANDZAIRE (1976-1977); EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES IN COTED'IVOIRE (1994); EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE IN GABON(1994-1996); EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE IN THEDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO(1995); EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE IN UGANDA(2000-2001); SPORADIC OCCURRENCES OF THE EBOLAVIRUS DISEASE; CASE FATALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE EPIDEMICS; REFERENCES.

4 -- Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Light of Other EpidemicsCOMMON FEATURES OF EPIDEMICS; SPANISH FLU EPIDEMIC (1918-1920); SPANISH FLU AND EBOLA VIRUSDISEASE PANDEMICS; FINDING THE CULPRIT BEHINDTHE PANDEMIC; DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES ANDTHE QUAGMIRE OF PSEUDOVACCINES; ROLE OF GENERAL PREVENTIVESTRATEGIES; ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA(VON ECONOMO'S ENCEPHALITIS)EPIDEMIC (1915-1926); EBOLA-LIKE HEMORRHAGIC FEVERSIN MEXICO; THE EPIDEMIC OF COCOLIZTLI IN 1576; HOW COCOLIZTLI DIFFERED FROMOTHER MAJOR DISEASES; EPIDEMICS IN MODERN TIMES; Severe acute respiratorysyndrome (SARS) inSoutheast Asia.

Introduction"A walk through the courseof the SARS epidemic"; FACTORS THAT PROMOTED THEGLOBAL SPREAD OF SARS; STEPS THAT WERE EFFECTIVE IN CONTROLOF SARS EPIDEMIC; Preventive and controlmeasures in China; Preventive and controlmeasures in Hong Kong; DENGUE FEVER IN ASIA ANDSOUTH AMERICA; TRANSMISSION AND SPREAD OFDENGUE FEVER; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DENGUE FEVER; THE STORY OF QUARANTINE; SYMBOLS OF QUARANTINE; GLOBAL FACES OF QUARANTINE; EARLY AMERICAN QUARANTINE; LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT; REORGANIZATION AND EXPANSION; FROM THE INSPECTION TOINTERVENTION.

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF QUARANTINEREFERENCES; 5 -- Most Recent Outbreaks 2014; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK:GUINEA 2013-2014; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK:LIBERIA 2013-2014; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK: SIERRA LEONE 2013-2014; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK:SENEGAL, NIGERIA, AND MALI(2013-2014); INTERNATIONAL SPREAD OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE 2014; REFERENCES; 6 -- West Saharan Response to Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic; A SMALL VILLAGE; THE RADIO'S LAST BROADCAST; DURING THE DEADLY MARCH WE FIND HEROES; NO COUNTRY WILL BE EBOLA VIRUS-FREE; BURN THEIR MATTRESSES, BURN THEIR THINGS!