1967 SIEGERT, Rudolf (1914 – 1988); ET AL
Zur Ätiologie einer unbekannten, von Affen ausgegangenen menschlichen Infektionskrankheit.
Isolation, identification and structure of the Marburg virus. WITH H. L. Shu, W. Sienczka, D. Peters, and G. Müller.
GMN 7865 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10037
1977 PATTYN, Stefaan Rogier (1927 – 2008); GROEN, Guido van der
Isolation of Marburg-like virus from a case of haemorrhagic fever in Zaire.
Ebola virus, named after the Ebola River where an outbreak occurred in 1976. Specifically the outbreak was centered in Yambuku, a small village in Mongala Province in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerl…
GMN 7866 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10038
1977 JOHNSON, Karl M.; LANGE, James V.; WEBB, Patricia; ET AL
Isolation and partial characterization of a new virus causing acute haemorrhagic fever in Zaire.
The first of three papers published in Lancet back to back describing the discovery of Ebola Virus Disease. In this paper the authors described isolation of the virus, imaged it with an electron microscope, and named …
GMN 10923 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13119
1978 PATTYN, Stefaan Rogier (1927 – 2008)
Ebola virus haemorrhagic fever. Edited by Stefan R. Pattyn.
Among the essays in this book two are of special note: 1. Piot, P., Sureau, P., Breman, J.G., Clinical aspects of Ebola virus infection in Yambuku area, Zaire, 1976 (pp. 157-166). This is the first clinical descriptio…
GMN 10924 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13120
1989 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC); VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Ebola virus infection in imported primates - Virginia, 1989.
Also published with same title in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 38 (1989) 831, 832-837. Discovery of the "Ebola Reston" strain of the Ebola virus. The strain is lethal in monkeys; it turned out to be non-path…
GMN 10926 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13122
2005 LEROY, Eric M.; KUMULUNGUI, Bruce; POURRUT, Xavier; ET AL
Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Leroy, Kumulungui, Pourrut. The authors showed that fruit bats, while asymptomatic, act as reservoirs and potential carriers of Ebola virus in Africa. These bats are eaten by…
GMN 10927 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13123
2014 BAIZE, Sylvain; PANNETIER, Delphine; OESTEREICH, Lisa; ET AL
Emergence of Zaire Ebola virus disease in Guinea.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Baize, Pannetier, Oestereich. The authors used PCR, viral sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis to track down the index case, a two-year-old child in Meliandou village, Guéké…
GMN 10928 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13124
2014 SCHIEFFELIN, John S.; SCHAFFER, Jeffrey G.; GOBA, Augustine; ET AL
Clinical illness and outcomes in patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Schieffelin, Shaffer, Goba. The authors used "quantitative reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction assays to assess the load of Ebola virus (EBOV, Zaire species) in a…
GMN 10929 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13125
2014 LYON, G. Marshall; MEHTA, Aneesh K.; VARKEY, Jay B.; ET AL
Clinical care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the United States.
Report on Ebola virus disease management from the Emory University unit and its specialists detailing the diagnosis, management, complications and expectations of this illness for infectious disease physicians. The au…
GMN 10930 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13126
2016 BREMAN, Joel G.; HEYMANN, David L.; LLOYD, Graham; ET AL
Discovery and description of Ebola Zaire virus in 1976 and relevance to the West African epidemic during 2013-2016.
A first hand account of events as they occurred in Yambuku in 1976, including the causes and reasons for the spread of Ebola within the Yambuku Mission hospital, the probable index event/patient (not identified), and …
GMN 10925 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13121
