Responding to ever-changing epidemiological dynamics of Ebola virus disease.

With the incidence and mortality rates of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone now at zero and reports of the largest and most complex EVD outbreak in history no longer on the front pages of newspapers worldwide, the urgency of that crisis seems to have subsided. During this lull after the storm and before the next one, the international community needs to engage in a 'lessons-learned' exercise with respect to our collective scientific, clinical and public health preparedness. This engagement must identify pragmatic, innovative mechanisms at multinational, national and community levels that allow research and development of next generation diagnostics and therapeutics, the safe and effective practice of medicine, and the maintenance of public health to keep pace with the rapid epidemiological dynamics of EVD and other deadly infectious diseases.

Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Acquired in the Americas Through February 2016: A GeoSentinel Analysis.

Background: Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas and has been imported into many nonendemic countries by travelers.

Objective: To describe clinical manifestations and epidemiology of Zika virus disease in travelers exposed in the Americas.

Design: Descriptive, using GeoSentinel records.

Differential diagnosis of illness in travelers arriving from Sierra Leone, Liberia, or Guinea: a cross-sectional study from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.

Background: The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD), ongoing in West Africa since late 2013, has led to export of cases to Europe and North America. Clinicians encountering ill travelers arriving from countries with widespread Ebola virus transmission must be aware of alternate diagnoses associated with fever and other nonspecific symptoms.

Objective: To define the spectrum of illness observed in persons returning from areas of West Africa where EVD transmission has been widespread.

Sun-reactive Skin Type in 4912 French adults participating in the SU.VI.MAX study.

Phototype classifications were initially developed in an attempt to predict the skin reactions of patients to phototherapy and are now widely used to advise individuals with regard to sun protection. A transversal study was conducted on the SU.VI.

Relative contribution of intrinsic vs extrinsic factors to skin aging as determined by a validated skin age score.

Objective: To assess the relative contribution of intrinsic aging vs lifestyle factors to facial skin age.

Design: Prospective analysis of a cohort.

Setting: Skin research institute.