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WHO Issues First Guidelines for Treating Ebola and Marburg Diseases
The World Health Organization released its first comprehensive clinical guidelines for managing filovirus diseases, which include Ebola and Marburg. The recommendations draw from lessons of past outbreaks to improve patient care and survival rates.
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The diseases are described as serious and often fatal. Since 1967, when the Marburg virus was first identified, 72 outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg diseases have been reported in Africa.
The new guidelines convert experience from recent outbreaks into evidence-based recommendations aimed at improving survival and patient outcomes. These recommendations address clinical care for patients affected by filovirus infections.
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