New Filovirus Disease Classification and Nomenclature

Authors

• Jens H. Kuhn, National Institutes of Health
• Takuya Adachi, Toshima Hospital
• Neill K.J. Adhikari, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto
• Jose R. Arribas, Hospital La Paz-Carlos III IdiPAZ
• Ibrahima Elhadj Bah, Donka Hospital
• Daniel G. Bausch, UK Public Health Rapid Support Team
• Nahid Bhadelia, Boston University School of Medicine
• Matthias Borchert, Robert Koch Institute
• Arne Broch Brantsæter, University of Oslo
• David Brett-Major, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
• Timothy H. Burgess, Uniformed Services University
• Daniel S. Chertow, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
• Christopher G. Chute, Johns Hopkins University
• Theodore J. Cieslak, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
• Robert Colebunders
• Ian Crozier, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research supported by the National Cancer Institute
• Richard T. Davey, National Institutes of Health
• Hilde de Clerck, Médecins Sans Frontières
• Rafael Delgado, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre
• Laura Evans, NYU Langone Medical Center
• Mosoka Fallah, National Public Health Institute
• William A. Fischer, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
• Tom E. Fletcher, University of Liverpool Institute of Translational Medicine and National Institute for Health Research
• Robert A. Fowler, University of Toronto
• Thomas Grünewald, Klinkum St. Georg
• Andy Hall, King's College London & King's Health Partners
• Angela L. Hewlett, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
• Andy I.M. Hoepelman, University Medical Center Utrecht
• Catherine F. Houlihan, University College London
• Giuseppe Ippolito, National Institute for Infectious diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" - IRCCS
• Shevin T. Jacob, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Michael Jacobs, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
• Robert Jakob, World Health Organization
• Frederique A. Jacquerioz, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Laurent Kaiser, Geneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases
• Andre C. Kalil, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
• Rashidatu F. Kamara, Ministry of Health and Sanitation
• Jimmy Kapetshi, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale
• Hans-Dieter Klenk, Philipps University of Marburg
• Gary Kobinger, Université Laval
• Mark G. Kortepeter, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Colleen S. Kraft, Emory University School of Medicine
• Thomas Kratz, Robert Koch Institute
• Henry S. Kyobe Bosa, Makerere University
• Marta Lado, Partners in Health (PIH)
• François Lamontagne, Université de Sherbrooke
• H. Cliff Lane, National Institutes of Health
• Leslie Lobel, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
• Julius Lutwama, Uganda Virus Research Institute
• G. Marshall Lyon, Emory University School of Medicine
• Moses B.F. Massaquoi, Clinton Health Access Initiative - Liberia
• Thomas A. Massaquoi, Wilberforce Barracks
• Aneesh K. Mehta, Emory University School of Medicine
• Vital Mondonge Makuma, World Health Organization
• Srinivas Murthy, University of British Columbia
• Tonny Seikikongo Musoke, Mulago National Referral Hospital
• Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, University of Kinshasa Medical School
• Phiona Nakyeyune, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Carolina Nanclares, Médecins Sans Frontières
• Miriam Nanyunja, World Health Organization
• Justus Nsio-Mbeta, Direction Générale de Lutte contre la Maladie
• Tim O'Dempsey, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Janusz T. Pawęska, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service
• Clarence J. Peters, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Christophe Rapp, Bégin Military Teaching Hospital
• Bertrand Renaud, Université de Paris Descartes
• Bruce Ribner, Emory University School of Medicine
• Pardis C. Sabeti, Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard
• John S. Schieffelin, Tulane University
• Werner Slenczka, Philipps University of Marburg
• Moses J. Soka, Monrovia Medical Units ELWA-2 Hospital
• Armand Sprecher, Médecins Sans Frontières
• James Strong, Special Pathogens Program
• Robert Swanepoel, University of Pretoria
• Timothy M. Uyeki, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Michel van Herp, Médecins Sans Frontières
• Pauline Vetter, Geneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases
• David A. Wohl, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
• Timo Wolf, University Hospital
• Anja Wolz, University Hospital
• Alie H. Wurie, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation
• Zabulon Yoti, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

Document Type

Article

Journal Title

Nature Reviews. Microbiology

Publication Date

2019

Volume

17

Abstract

The recent large outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Western Africa resulted in greatly increased accumulation of human genotypic, phenotypic and clinical data, and improved our understanding of the spectrum of clinical manifestations. As a result, the WHO disease classification of EVD underwent major revision.

DOI Link

10.1038/s41579-019-0187-4

ISSN

1740-1534

Rights

U.S. Government Work

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Kuhn, Jens H.; Adachi, Takuya; Adhikari, Neill K.J.; Arribas, Jose R.; Bah, Ibrahima Elhadj; Bausch, Daniel G.; Bhadelia, Nahid; Borchert, Matthias; Brantsæter, Arne Broch; Brett-Major, David; Burgess, Timothy H.; Chertow, Daniel S.; Chute, Christopher G.; Cieslak, Theodore J.; Colebunders, Robert; Crozier, Ian; Davey, Richard T.; de Clerck, Hilde; Delgado, Rafael; Evans, Laura; Fallah, Mosoka; Fischer, William A.; Fletcher, Tom E.; Fowler, Robert A.; Grünewald, Thomas; Hall, Andy; Hewlett, Angela L.; Hoepelman, Andy I.M.; Houlihan, Catherine F.; Ippolito, Giuseppe; Jacob, Shevin T.; Jacobs, Michael; Jakob, Robert; Jacquerioz, Frederique A.; Kaiser, Laurent; Kalil, Andre C.; Kamara, Rashidatu F.; Kapetshi, Jimmy; Klenk, Hans-Dieter; Kobinger, Gary; Kortepeter, Mark G.; Kraft, Colleen S.; Kratz, Thomas; Bosa, Henry S. Kyobe; Lado, Marta; Lamontagne, François; Lane, H. Cliff; Lobel, Leslie; Lutwama, Julius; Lyon, G. Marshall; Massaquoi, Moses B.F.; Massaquoi, Thomas A.; Mehta, Aneesh K.; Makuma, Vital Mondonge; Murthy, Srinivas; Musoke, Tonny Seikikongo; Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques; Nakyeyune, Phiona; Nanclares, Carolina; Nanyunja, Miriam; Nsio-Mbeta, Justus; O'Dempsey, Tim; Pawęska, Janusz T.; Peters, Clarence J.; Piot, Peter; Rapp, Christophe; Renaud, Bertrand; Ribner, Bruce; Sabeti, Pardis C.; Schieffelin, John S.; Slenczka, Werner; Soka, Moses J.; Sprecher, Armand; Strong, James; Swanepoel, Robert; Uyeki, Timothy M.; van Herp, Michel; Vetter, Pauline; Wohl, David A.; Wolf, Timo; Wolz, Anja; Wurie, Alie H.; and Yoti, Zabulon, "New Filovirus Disease Classification and Nomenclature" (2019). Journal Articles: Epidemiology. 40.
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