Ebola
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease and Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known... Wikipedia
- Symptoms: Fever, sore throat, muscle pain, headaches, diarrhoea, bleeding
- Complications: Shock from fluid loss
- Usual onset: 2 days to 3 weeks after exposure
- Causes: Ebolaviruses spread by direct contact with the blood or body fluid of an infected person, or contaminated objects
- Diagnostic method: Finding ebolaviruses, viral RNA, or antibodies in blood
- Differential diagnosis: Other viral haemorrhagic fevers, such as malaria, typhoid, cholera, or meningitis
- Prevention: Coordinated medical services, careful handling of bushmeat
- Treatment: Supportive care
- Medication: Atoltivimab/maftivimab/odesivimab (INMAZEB)
- Prognosis: 25–90% mortality
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