Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Long-lasting severe immune dysfunction in Ebola virus disease survivors

  • Aurélie Wiedemann,
  • Emile Foucat,
  • Hakim Hocini,
  • Cécile Lefebvre,
  • Boris P. Hejblum,
  • Mélany Durand,
  • Miriam Krüger,
  • Alpha Kabinet Keita,
  • Ahidjo Ayouba,
  • Stéphane Mély,
  • José-Carlos Fernandez,
  • Abdoulaye Touré,
  • Slim Fourati,
  • Claire Lévy-Marchal,
  • Hervé Raoul,
  • Eric Delaporte,
  • Lamine Koivogui,
  • Rodolphe Thiébaut,
  • Christine Lacabaratz,
  • Yves Lévy,
  • PostEboGui Study Group

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17489-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Patients who have recovered from Ebola virus can have ongoing health problems. Here, the authors show that 35 Guinean survivors of the last West African Ebola epidemic have a chronic disease with high inflammatory cytokine expression and other markers of immune activation as well as evidence of intestinal tissue damage nearly two years after their release from hospital.