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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 term emerging disease has been in use in scientific publications since the beginning of the 1960s at least [18] and is used in the modern sense by David Sencer in his 1971 article "Emerging Diseases of Man and Animals" [19] where in the first sentence of the introduction he implicitly defines emerging diseases as "infectious diseases of man ...
An emergent virus (or emerging virus) is a virus that is either newly appeared, notably increasing in incidence/geographic range or has the potential to increase in the near future. [1] Emergent viruses are a leading cause of emerging infectious diseases and raise public health challenges globally, given their potential to cause outbreaks of ...
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.
Ebola is a terrifying virus which, if left untreated, causes bleeding inside the body and through the eyes, nose, mouth and rectum. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past ...
Ebola virus epidemic; Overview; Ebola virus disease; ... When the outbreak was declared over, there were 130 reported cases and 55 reported fatalities due to the ...
Emerging diseases become increasingly lethal due to antibiotic resistance, new pathogens like Ebola or Zika, and mutations that allow old pathogens to overcome human immunity. The Age of Aspired Quality of Life with Persistent Inequalities : The birth rate declines as lifespan is extended, leading to an age-balanced population.
The Ebola epidemic has killed at least 11,300 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia since it began in December 2013. The crisis brought already weak health services to their knees and caused ...