Effective defense against filoviruses requires a comprehensive approach that includes the following elements:
prevention of access to virus stocks;
improved means of detection of deliberately induced disease outbreaks;
rapid medical recognition of the viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome;
rapid laboratory identification of filoviruses in patient specimens;
prevention of person-to-person transmission;
reliable decontamination procedures;
development of effective vaccines;
development of effective antiviral therapy.
Bray, Antiviral Res. 57, 53-60 (2003)