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Subsequent mortality in survivors of Ebola [1]

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Patients who recovered from the Ebola virus and who were discharged for the treatment units have a high mortality risk. Compared to the general population, survivors of Ebora virus have a more than five-times increased risk of mortality the year after discharge. In many cases, these deaths were attributed to kidney failure. After a year of discharge, mortality did not differ from the general population.

Says a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, conducted by, among others, Lorenzo Subissi (Sciensano).

Read the complete article here. [2]

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Associated health topics: 
Health and disease monitoring [4]
Source URL:https://www.sciensano.be/en/press-corner/subsequent-mortality-survivors-ebola

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[1] https://www.sciensano.be/en/press-corner/subsequent-mortality-survivors-ebola [2] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(19)30313-5/fulltext [3] https://www.sciensano.be/en/press-corner [4] https://www.sciensano.be/en/health-topics/health-and-disease-monitoring