Ebola
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease and Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between... Wikipedia
- Symptoms: Fever, sore throat, muscular pain, headaches, diarrhoea, bleeding
- Complications: shock from fluid loss
- Usual onset: Two days to three weeks post exposure
- Causes: Ebolaviruses spread by direct contact
- Diagnostic method: Finding the virus, viral RNA, or antibodies in blood
- Differential diagnosis: Malaria, cholera, typhoid fever, meningitis, other viral haemorrhagic fevers
- Prevention: Coordinated medical services, careful handling of bushmeat
- Treatment: Supportive care
- Medication: Atoltivimab/maftivimab/odesivimab (Inmazeb)
- Prognosis: 25–90% mortality
- Data source: DuckDuckGo