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Ebola virus disease
This page is medical background from WHO/CDC citations. It is not current-event intelligence.
- Pathogen
- Ebolavirus (including Bundibugyo, Sudan, Zaire species)
- Transmission
- Human-to-human via blood and body fluids; burial practices; healthcare exposure (WHO).
- Incubation
- 2–21 days (WHO).
- Typical symptoms
- Fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, then vomiting, diarrhea, rash; bleeding in some cases.
- Treatment
- Supportive care; specific treatments exist for some species under clinical protocols (WHO).
- Vaccine
- Licensed vaccines exist for Zaire ebolavirus; not universal for all species (WHO).
- Historical fatality
- Case-fatality has ranged widely by outbreak and species (WHO).