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25–90% mortality [1] Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. [1] Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after infection. [3] The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain ...
List of Ebola outbreaks. 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak. 2014 DR Congo outbreak. Kivu Ebola epidemic. List of epidemics and pandemics. v. t. e. This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial ...
Western African Ebola epidemic. Note: current estimates suggest that between 17 per cent and 70 per cent of Ebola cases were unreported, [11] suggesting a total number of cases between 34,513 and 94,486. The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history.
On March 11, cases topped 24,300 while deaths surpassed 10,000. [ 227] On March 20, Liberia records its first case of Ebola in more than two weeks. [ 228] On April 1, cases exceeded 25,000 while deaths neared 10,500. [ 229] On May 1, cases were over 26,300 while deaths reached 10,900.
Ebolavirus is a filamentous, enveloped virus within the order Mononegavirales which also contains rabies and measles viruses. [15] This order is characterized by non-segmented, single-stranded negative-sense RNA (-ssRNA) genomes that are surrounded by a helical nucleocapsid. [16] Filoviruses encode seven different proteins that include: NP ...
Four laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") occurred in the United States in 2014. [3] Eleven cases were reported, including these four cases and seven cases medically evacuated from other countries. [4] The first was reported in September 2014. [5]
1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak. 2014 DR Congo outbreak. Kivu Ebola epidemic. List of epidemics and pandemics. v. t. e. Researchers believe that a 2-year-old boy who lived in the village of Meliandou, Guéckédou Prefecture, Guinea was the index case of the current Ebola virus disease epidemic. The boy died in December 2013.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has a $200 million program to respond to the Ebola outbreak - part of the $1 billion total UN program. Of this, $65 million will go to UNICEF’s programmes in Liberia, $61 million to Sierra Leone and $55 million to Guinea.