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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 ...
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).
By MEGAN BARRETO Fears are soaring after NYC got news of a doctor testing positive for Ebola on Thursday.And on top of the diagnosis, it was revealed that 33-year-old Dr. Craig Spencer went ...
The virus was first discovered in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, although scientists aren’t sure where the virus comes from. Symptoms. Symptoms of Ebola usually show up between eight ...
Post-Ebola virus syndrome (or post-Ebola syndrome) is a post-viral syndrome affecting those who have recovered from infection with Ebola. Symptoms include joint and muscle pain, eye problems, including blindness, various neurological problems, and other ailments, sometimes so severe that the person is unable to work. [4]
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.
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 ...