• Br J Nurs · Oct 2014

    Ebola: where did it come from and where might it go?

    • Jacqueline Boulton.
    • Tutor in Adult Nursing, King's College London, and co-founder and Trustee of UK Friends of the Shepherds' Hospice, Sierra Leone.
    • Br J Nurs. 2014 Oct 9; 23 (18): 988-91.

    AbstractOver the last few months, a plethora of headlines have focused on the ebola epidemic sweeping West Africa. On 8 August 2014 this outbreak was defined as a Public Health Event of International Concern by the World Health Organization. Closer to home the focus has been on the possibility of an outbreak in the UK, with calls for specialist nurses to be trained in monitoring travellers at airports. The recent infection of a nurse from Sussex while caring for patients with ebola in Sierra Leone has heightened the interest and need for information on this until now neglected tropical disease. Additionally, an unprecedented collaborative effort to speed up trials on the development of a vaccine has just begun in Oxford. This article discusses the origins of the virus, its symptoms and its modes of transmission. The challenges of managing the virus are discussed, together with current progress on its treatment and prevention, and the implications for nurses in the UK.

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