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, malaria, typhoid, cholera, or meningitis
• Prevention:  Ebola vaccine, coordinated medical services, careful handling of bushmeat
• Treatment:  Supportive care
• Medication:  Atoltivimab/maftivimab/odesivimab (INMAZEB)
• Prognosis:  25–90% mortality
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo