Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a case fatality rate of up to 90%. It is one of the world’s most virulent diseases. T
he infection is transmitted by direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of infected animals or people. Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care.
During an outbreak, those at higher risk of infection are health workers, family members and others in close contact with sick people and deceased patients.
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Ebola virus disease in West Africa
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- The Ebola outbreak's real cause: Letting industry drive the research agenda
- 2014 Ebola Outbreaks
- The Lancet Ebola Resource Centre
- Global Health Events: Ebola Outbreak 2014
- Ebola (site CDC)
- Ebola in Africa - Discoveries in the past decade - Eurosurveillance, Volume 7, Issue 3, 01 March 2002
- Ebola virus disease in southern Sudan: hospital dissemination and intrafamilial spread
- The epidemic of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Sudan and Zaire, 1976: Introductory note
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Sudan, 1976
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Zaire, 1976
