Post-Ebola Symptoms 7 Years after Infection: The natural history of Long Ebola.
David Alain WohlWilliam A FischerWenwen MeiFei ZouSamuel TozayEdwin ReevesKorto PewuJean DemarcoJohn SchieffelinHenrietta JohnsonTonia ConnehGerald WilliamsDarrius McMillianJerry BrownPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Major post-EVD symptoms are common early during convalescence and decline over time along with severity. However, even 5 years after acute infection, a majority continue to have symptoms and, for many, these continue to greatly impact their lives. These findings call for investigations to identify the mechanisms of post-EVD sequelae and therapeutic interventions to benefit the thousands of effected EVD survivors.