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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] The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. [1]
This was the most severe Ebola outbreak in recorded history in regards to both the number of human cases and fatalities. It began in Guéckédou , Guinea, in December 2013 and spread abroad. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 33 ] Flare-ups of the disease continued into 2016, [ 39 ] and the outbreak was declared over on 9 June 2016.
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).
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Six schoolchildren in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, marking The post Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as ...
What one nurse learned about humanity amidst the Ebola epidemic
On 30 September, a cameraman was tested positive for Ebola in a Texas hospital after contracting the disease before traveling back to the United States from Liberia. He covered the Ebola outbreak for NBC News [46] [47] (see 2014 Ebola virus cases in the United States). Following this the Liberian government enacted strict restrictions on ...
Despite this, in the 2014 Ebola outbreak, Nigeria was the first country to effectively contain and eliminate the Ebola threat that was ravaging three other countries in the West African region. The Nigerian unique method of contact tracing became an effective method later used by other countries, such as the United States, when Ebola threats ...
Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees)." Ebola was first identified in 1976 near the Ebola River in the DRC. [7] More than 11,300 people died in the 2013 to 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. [8] According to the WHO's "Global Health Observatory", the DRC's population in 2015 was 77,267,000 ...