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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]
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 ...
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.
Here’s what you need to know about Ebola virus. Ebola outbreak 2022 details. On Sept. 20, Uganda’s Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease due to Sudan virus in the ...
The New York Times published an interesting piece on Ebola facts and how many have been treated for the deadly virus ... If a person infected with the Ebola virus rides the subway and has a body ...
Ebolavirus. Species: Zaire ebolavirus. Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus ( / iˈboʊlə, ɪ -/; EBOV ), is one of six known species within the genus Ebolavirus. [ 1] 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).
In August 2021, two months after the re-emergent Ebola epidemic in the Guéckédou prefecture was declared over, a case of the Marburg virus disease was confirmed by health authorities through laboratory analysis. [106] This is the first-ever case of the Marburg virus disease in West Africa. [107] On August 2, the patient succumbed to the ...
VSV-EBOV or rVSV-ZEBOV, sold under the brand name Ervebo, is a vaccine based on the vesicular stomatitis virus which was genetically modified to express a surface glycoprotein of Zaire Ebola virus. [ 16][ 17] In November 2019, the European Commission granted a conditional marketing authorization. [ 18]