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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD):-

EVD is also called Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF). It is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebolaviruses. Humans get infected with the virus when they acquire direct contact with the virus through broken skin, nose, mouth, or with blood, faeces, vomit, or bodily fluids of an infected person. The virus could also be present in semen and urine. People can also get infected when they make contact with contaminated bedding, clothing, etc. through broken skin. It is not an air-borne disease. Close contact with an infected person is needed to pass the virus on.

 The disease was first described in 1976 after its outbreak in DR Congo and present South Sudan. There were generally under 500 cases reported every year. Between 1979 and 1994, there were no cases reported at all.

Ebola Symptoms:-

The symptoms of Ebola include:

 Fever
Sore throat
Muscular pain
Headache
Vomiting
Diarrhoea
Rashes
Decreased liver and kidney function
The epidemics in Nigeria and Senegal were declared over by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in October 2014.
Sierra Leone was declared free of the disease in November 2015.
As such, there is no treatment for Ebola. In 2016, a vaccine was developed offering 70 – 100% prevention against the disease, called rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine.
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