Supplement 1, August 15, 2014

Each Tuesday, to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge, selected science clips will be posted here for the public health community. The focus is applied public health research and prevention science that has the capacity to improve health now.

1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).
   • Communicable Diseases – Ebola Virus Disease
     1. Ebola viral disease outbreak – West Africa, 2014External
        Dixon MG, Schafer IJ, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jun 27;63(25):548-51.
        
     2. Ebola and Marburg fevers.
        European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control .
        Available at http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/ebola_marburg_fevers/pages/index.aspx. 2014 .
        
     3. Ebola – a growing threat?External
        Feldmann H.
        N Engl J Med. 2014 May 7.
        
     4. The Ebola epidemic: a global health emergencyExternal
        Gostin LO, Lucey D, Phelan A.
        JAMA. 2014 Aug 11.
        
     5. WHO and partners launch Ebola response planExternal
        Green A.
        Lancet. 2014 Aug 9;384(9942):481.
        
     6. Ebola virus vaccines: an overview of current approachesExternal
        Marzi A, Feldmann H.
        Expert Rev Vaccines. 2014 Apr;13(4):521-31.
        
     7. Therapeutic intervention of Ebola virus infection in rhesus macaques with the MB-003 monoclonal antibody cocktailExternal
        Pettitt J, Zeitlin L, Kim do H, Working C, Johnson JC, Bohorov O, Bratcher B, et al .
        Sci Transl Med. 2013 Aug 21;5(199):199ra113.
        
     8. Largest-ever Ebola outbreak still simmering in West AfricaExternal
        Stephenson J.
        JAMA. 2014 Aug 6;312(5):476.
        
     9. Spatial localization of the Ebola glycoprotein mucin-like domain using cryo-electron tomographyExternal
        Tran EE, Simmons JA, Bartesaghi A, Shoemaker CJ, Nelson E, White JM, Subramaniam S.
        J Virol. 2014 Jul 9.
        
     10. Ebola virus disease update – West Africa
         World Health Organization .
         Available at http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_08_06_ebola/en/. 2014 Aug 6.
         

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