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ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology

Ebola Virus Disease in Humans: Pathophysiology and Immunity.

César Muñoz-Fontela, Anita K McElroy

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. CD4Nature immunology · 2026
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  4. Ebola Virus Disease and Pediatric Mental Health: Long-Term Mediating Effects of Caregiver Mental Health.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026
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  6. Emerging microbes & infections · 2023
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  10. Diagnostics of Ebola virus.Frontiers in public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

César Muñoz-FontelaLaboratory of Emerging Viruses, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Martinistraße 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany. cesar.munoz-fontela@hpi.uni-hamburg.de.
Anita K McElroyInfectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 2015 Uppergate Drive NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. akmcelr@emory.edu.
Emory University · USLeibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses of the Ebolavirus genus cause sporadic epidemics of severe and systemic febrile disease that are fueled by human-to-human transmission. Despite the notoriety of ebolaviruses, particularly Ebola virus (EBOV), as prominent viral hemorrhagic fever agents, and the international concern regarding Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks, very little is known about the pathophysiology of EVD in humans and, in particular, about the human immune correlates of survival and immune memory. This lack of basic knowledge about physiological characteristics of EVD is probably attributable to the dearth of clinical and laboratory data gathered from past outbreaks. The unprecedented magnitude of the EVD epidemic that occurred in West Africa from 2013 to 2016 has allowed, for the first time, evaluation of clinical, epidemiological, and immunological parameters in a significant number of patients using state-of-the-art laboratory equipment. This review will summarize the data from the literature regarding human pathophysiologic and immunologic responses to filoviral infection.

Indexed as

Africa, WesternDisease OutbreaksEbolavirusHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumans

Identifiers

PMID28653186
PMCPMC7122202
OpenAlexW2676113996

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Registered trials

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