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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2025

Characterizing Musculoskeletal Sequelae in Ebola Virus Survivors During the 7 Years Since Hospital Discharge in Eastern Sierra Leone.

Anna C Sanford, Nell G Bond, Emily J Engel, Foday Alhasan, Michael Gbakie, Fatima Kamara, Lansana Kanneh, Ibrahim Mustapha, Mohamed Yillah, Donald Grant and 2 more

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Metabolic basis of post-infectious sequelae after Ebola virus disease.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2026
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  2. Metabolic Basis of Post-Infectious Sequelae After Ebola Virus Disease.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Anna C SanfordTulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2275-4535
Nell G BondTulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Emily J EngelTulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Foday AlhasanKenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Michael GbakieKenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Fatima KamaraKenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Lansana KannehKenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Ibrahim MustaphaKenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Mohamed YillahKenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Donald GrantKenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Robert SamuelsTulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
John S SchieffelinTulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Funding

West African Emerging Infectious Disease Research Center (WA-EIDRC)U01AI151812 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI ANDERSEN, KRISTIAN GRAUGAARD, GARRY, ROBERT F · 2020 to 2024
$13.2M
Clinical Sequelae and Urogenital Viral Dynamics in Survivors of Ebola Virus DiseaseR01AI123535 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FISCHER, WILLIAM, WOHL, DAVID A · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
The Protective and Pathologic Features of the EVD Survivor Immune SystemR01AI175698 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI William Fischer, John Scribner Schieffelin · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Tulane StARR ProgramR38HL155774 · NHLBI · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI JAY K KOLLS, Marie Krousel-Wood · 2021 to 2026
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R38 HL155774NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123535NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI175698NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI151812
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ebola virus disease survivors demonstrated musculoskeletal sequelae during the 7 years since hospital discharge. Reported joint pain and joint tenderness to palpation were the most common sequelae. Sequelae generally decreased over time, but fluctuations were noted. Survivors 15-40 years of age demonstrated the highest rates of sequelae throughout study duration.

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Ebola virus diseasemusculoskeletalpost-Ebola syndromepost-viral sequelae

Identifiers

PMID40160349
PMCPMC11952999

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