New England Journal of Medicine
November 20, 2014 Vol. 371 No. 21
http://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

Perspective
Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management
Daniel S. Chertow, M.D., M.P.H., Christian Kleine, M.D., Jeffrey K. Edwards, M.D., M.P.H., Roberto Scaini, M.D., Ruggero Giuliani, M.D., and Armand Sprecher, M.D., M.P.H.
N Engl J Med 2014; 371:2054-2057
November 27, 2014
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1413084
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Original Article
Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Gaël D. Maganga, D.V.M., Ph.D., Jimmy Kapetshi, M.D., Nicolas Berthet, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Benoît Kebela Ilunga, M.D., Felix Kabange, M.D., Placide Mbala Kingebeni, M.D., Vital Mondonge, M.D., Jean-Jacques T. Muyembe, M.D., Ph.D., Eric Bertherat, M.D., Sylvie Briand, M.D., Joseph Cabore, M.D., Alain Epelboin, M.D., Pierre Formenty, D.V.M., M.P.H., Gary Kobinger, M.D., Licé González-Angulo, M.Sc., Ingrid Labouba, Ph.D., Jean-Claude Manuguerra, Ph.D., Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele, M.D., Christopher Dye, D. Phil., and Eric M. Leroy, D.V.M., Ph.D.
N Engl J Med 2014; 371:2083-2091 November 27, 2014 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411099
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Conclusions
The current EVD outbreak in the DRC has clinical and epidemiologic characteristics that are similar to those of previous EVD outbreaks in equatorial Africa. The causal agent is a local EBOV variant, and this outbreak has a zoonotic origin different from that in the 2014 epidemic in West Africa. (Funded by the Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville and others.)

Original Article
Clinical Illness and Outcomes in Patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone
John S. Schieffelin, M.D., M.S.P.H., Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Ph.D., Augustine Goba, B.Sc., Michael Gbakie, R.N., Stephen K. Gire, M.P.H., Andres Colubri, Ph.D., Rachel S.G. Sealfon, S.M., Lansana Kanneh, Alex Moigboi, R.N., Mambu Momoh, Mohammed Fullah, Lina M. Moses, Ph.D., Bethany L. Brown, M.S.C.S., Kristian G. Andersen, Ph.D., Sarah Winnicki, M.S., Stephen F. Schaffner, Ph.D., Daniel J. Park, Ph.D., Nathan L. Yozwiak, Ph.D., Pan-Pan Jiang, Ph.D., David Kargbo, Simbirie Jalloh, Mbalu Fonnie, R.N., Vandi Sinnah, Issa French, Alice Kovoma, Fatima K. Kamara, R.N., Veronica Tucker, Edwin Konuwa, R.N., Josephine Sellu, R.N., Ibrahim Mustapha, Momoh Foday, Mohamed Yillah, Franklyn Kanneh, Sidiki Saffa, James L.B. Massally, Matt L. Boisen, Luis M. Branco, Ph.D., Mohamed A. Vandi, M.B., Ch.B., Donald S. Grant, M.B., Ch.B., Christian Happi, Ph.D., Sahr M. Gevao, M.B., Ch.B., Thomas E. Fletcher, M.D., Robert A. Fowler, M.D., Daniel G. Bausch, M.D., M.P.H.T.M., Pardis C. Sabeti, M.D., D.Phil., S. Humarr Khan, M.B., Ch.B., and Robert F. Garry, Ph.D. for the KGH Lassa Fever Program, the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium, and the WHO Clinical Response Team
N Engl J Med 2014; 371:2092-2100 November 27, 2014 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411680
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Conclusions
The incubation period and case fatality rate among patients with EVD in Sierra Leone are similar to those observed elsewhere in the 2014 outbreak and in previous outbreaks. Although bleeding was an infrequent finding, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal manifestations were common. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others.)