PMC:4693303 / 30797-31759 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/4693303","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"4693303","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/4693303","text":"A more recent study of 81 patients who were disease free for 4 months in Sierra Leone found that more than half of survivors experienced joint/muscle pain or headaches. Furthermore, 40% of survivors reported insomnia and vision disturbances.[78] Cumulatively, these conditions have the potential to cause a multitude of social, economic, and cultural problems. Consequently, more insight is needed into various post-Ebola physical ailments, the direct impact on survivors, as well as the indirect impact on the society and the economy. Among the countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia alone, the WHO estimates there are at least 13,000 survivors.[79] Of special concern is the recently publicized case of potential post-Ebola relapse in a Scottish survivor who initially contracted Ebola 9 months previously.[80] This case also raised concerns regarding disease “reactivation” and possible risk of viral transmission associated with such occurrences.[81]","tracks":[]}