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Ebola Virus
Aka: Ebola Virus
- Epidemiology
- Hemorrhagic fever in Zaire (May,1995): 93 cases
- Mortality rate: 92%
- Affected area: 150 miles around city of Kikwit
- Pathophysiology
- Ebola Virus (Filovirus family)
- Spread by close contact
- Infected blood
- Body fluid
- Body tissue
- Air borne (unclear)
- Symptoms
- Fever
- Chills
- Headache
- Myalgia
- Malaise
- Severe Abdominal Pain
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Maculopapular rash (variably present)
- Prognosis
- Mortality rates range from 50-90% (usually from DIC)
- Resources for the Traveler
- CDC hotline about Ebola (800-900-0681)
- Travel advisory to Zaire (404-332-4559)
- Reference
- (1995) MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 44:381-2