EVD INTRODUCTION -- Virology and VHF diseases: Ebola, Marbung, Lassa.-History of previous outbreaks -- Sources of the infection, ways of transmission -- CLINICAL FEATURES AND CASE DEFINITION -- Clinical features: incubation period, clinical presentation and post Ebola syndrome -- RESPONSE TO EVD OUTBREAK -- Screening of suspected cases in a referral Hospital: variability of the case definition adapted to the outbreak. Screening forms and Standard precautions -- Isolation Unit: how to set up and construct a holding unit in a hospital and satellite clinics -- Personal protection equipment (PPE) and Infection prevention and control (IPC) measures -- Waste management and cleaning/disinfection -- Safe Medical Burials: practical and cultural implications -- EVD MANAGEMENT -- Symptomatic, supportive treatment- differences between treatment in the field and high resources settings (Europe, US) -- Special populations: pregnancy and pediatrics -- Controversies with invasive therapies: dialysis, ventilation -- New therapies, Experimental drugs (Zmapp, Favipiravir, convalescent serum, etc) and vaccines -- DIAGNOSTICS EVD -- Rapid tests for EVD -- Laboratory: RT-PCR, serology and Ag determination. |