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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 ]
Orthoebolavirus zairense [1] or Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus (/ i ˈ b oʊ l ə, ɪ-/; EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus Ebolavirus. [2] Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including EBOV, cause a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other mammals, known as Ebola virus disease (EVD).
Transmission has been attributed to reuse of unsterilized needles and close personal contact. The virus is responsible for the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak, the deadliest Filovirus outbreak to date. [35] [36] [37] Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) The Sudan ebolavirus, like ZEBOV, emerged in 1976; it was at first assumed to be identical with ...
A virus that fulfills the criteria for being a member of the order Mononegavirales is a member of the family Filoviridae if: [13] [14] it causes viral hemorrhagic fever in certain primates; it infects primates, pigs or bats in nature; it needs to be adapted through serial passage to cause disease in rodents; it exclusively replicates in the ...
VP40 position in the Ebola virus genome. Study of the matrix protein VP40 is important due to the high mortality rate of the Ebola virus, which is listed as a WHO Risk Group 4 Pathogen, an HHS Select Agent, an NIH/NIAID Category A Priority Pathogen, a CDC Category A Bioterrorism Agent, and a Biological Agent for Export Control by the Australia ...
Bacterial diseases – diseases caused by bacteria. Bacteriology – study of bacteria, their characteristics, growth, and role in infectious diseases. Viruses - microscopic pathogens consisting of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat, requiring living cells of host organisms to replicate. [1] Viral disease – diseases caused by viruses.
Ebola & Marburg virus diseases Viruses in this family cause hemorrhagic, or bloody, fevers, which are typically accompanied by bleeding from bodily orifices and/or internal organs.
Zoonoses can be caused by a range of disease pathogens such as emergent viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites; of 1,415 pathogens known to infect humans, 61% were zoonotic. [11] Most human diseases originated in non-humans; however, only diseases that routinely involve non-human to human transmission, such as rabies, are considered direct ...