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The explosion of information about Ebola requires rapid publication, transparent verification and unrestricted access. I urge everyone involved in all aspects of the Ebola epidemic to openly and rapidly report their experiences and findings.

We are not ready for a global pandemic of Ebola virus. The current West African epidemic should serve as a dire warning of things to come.

To guide the collection of data under emergent epidemic conditions, we reviewed compartmental models of historical Ebola outbreaks to determine their implications and limitations. We identified future modeling directions and propose that the minimal epidemiologic dataset for Ebola model construction comprises duration of incubation period and symptomatic period, distribution of secondary cases ...

Updated: November 28, 2014 This guidance was updated November 16, 2014, to reflect the following: 1. All healthcare workers who engaged in direct patient care in any healthcare setting in a country with widespread transmission or cases in urban settings with uncertain control measures are considered to be in the "some risk" category. 2. Laboratory workers in Biosafety Level 4 facilities are con...

TheWestAfricanEbolaepidemic is ahumanitariancrisis and a threat to international security.1 It is not surprising that isolated cases have emerged in Europe and NorthAmerica,buta largeoutbreak in theUnitedStates, with its advancedhealth system, is unlikely. Yet thehandling of the first domestically diagnosed Ebola case in Dallas, Texas, raised concerns about national public health preparedness.W...

A method is described for preparation of polyvalent antigens for use in rapid screening for immunofluorescent antibodies to Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola viruses. The technique uses mixtures of specifically infected Vero cells placed on Teflon-templated microscopy slides. It was found to be as sensitive as the use of monovalent antigens for detection and quantitation of antibodies to these highly h...