ebola
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Ebola
Ebola virus disease(EVD),formerly know as ebola haemorrhagic fever,is a serve,often fatal illness in humans.
Symptoms:Nausea and vomiting, diarrhea (may be bloody), red eyes, raised rash, chest pain and cough, chest pain and cough, stomach pain and severe weight loss.
Causes:It is transmitted through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with Ebola believed that the Ebola virus may have initially been transmitted to humans from bats.
Spread:Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with Ebola.
Diagnosis:However, if a person has the early symptoms of Ebola and has had contact with the blood or body fluids of a person sick with Ebola; contact with objects that have been contaminated with the blood or body fluids of a person sick with Ebola; or contact with infected animals, they should be isolated and public health professionals should be notified.
Prevention:Avoid areas of known outbreaks, wash your hands frequently, avoid bush meat, avoid contact with infected people, follow infection-control procedures, Don't handle remains.
Symptoms:Nausea and vomiting, diarrhea (may be bloody), red eyes, raised rash, chest pain and cough, chest pain and cough, stomach pain and severe weight loss.
Causes:It is transmitted through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with Ebola believed that the Ebola virus may have initially been transmitted to humans from bats.
Spread:Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with Ebola.
Diagnosis:However, if a person has the early symptoms of Ebola and has had contact with the blood or body fluids of a person sick with Ebola; contact with objects that have been contaminated with the blood or body fluids of a person sick with Ebola; or contact with infected animals, they should be isolated and public health professionals should be notified.
Prevention:Avoid areas of known outbreaks, wash your hands frequently, avoid bush meat, avoid contact with infected people, follow infection-control procedures, Don't handle remains.
Bibliography: www.who.int