FILOVIRUS

Course overview

FILOVIRUSES CAN CAUSE HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY DUE TO SEVERE DISEASE THAT COMMONLY INVOLVES VOMITING, DIARRHEA, AND INFREQUENTLY HEMORRHAGING AND A COMATOSE STATE LEADING TO DEATH, ALSO KNOWN AS EBOLA INFECTION. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF FILOVIRUS DISEASES WITH A FOCUS ON THE EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE AND EMPHASIZES THE INTERPROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ROLE IN MANAGING PATIENTS WITH THIS DISEASE AND CONTAINING OUTBREAKS.