Ebola virus disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 20, 2023 · People with symptoms of Ebola should get medical care immediately. Early care improves a person's chances of surviving Ebola. Treatment includes oral or intravenous fluids and medicines provided in the hospital. It is not safe to care for people with Ebola at home, because the person may make other people sick.
Ebola virus disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 19, 2019 · A person with Ebola-like symptoms (fever, headache, muscle aches, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea) who has been in contact with living or dead people suspected to have had Ebola or has travelled to an area known to have cases of Ebola virus disease should seek medical care immediately.
Ebola virus disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
Dec 9, 2022 · A person infected with Ebola cannot spread the disease until they develop symptoms. Symptoms of EVD can be sudden and include: fever, fatigue, muscle, pain, headache, and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rash, symptoms of impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases internal and external bleeding (e.g. oozing from ...
What we know about transmission of the Ebola virus among humans
Oct 6, 2014 · The Ebola virus is transmitted among humans through close and direct physical contact with infected bodily fluids, the most infectious being blood, faeces and vomit.The Ebola virus has also been detected in breast milk, urine and semen. In a convalescent male, the virus can persist in semen for at least 70 days; one study suggests persistence for more than 90 days.Saliva and tears may also ...
Ebola virus disease: Vaccines - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jan 11, 2020 · As Ebola outbreaks are relatively rare and unpredictable in nature, and due to limited vaccine quantities, the Ervebo vaccine is reserved for outbreak response to protect persons at the highest risk of contracting Ebola virus disease under a “ring vaccination” strategy, which is similar to the approach used to eradicate smallpox.
Liberia: Sharing his experience fighting Ebola
Dec 15, 2015 · “I am grateful that my Ebola experience can impact the knowledge of our health workers and help to eradicate this disease from Liberia.” - Austin S. Jallah, WHO expert patient trainer One day back in August, while doing his day-to-day job of treating patients in the hospital, he had contact with an Ebola patient without knowing the person ...
Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 21 August 2022, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that a new laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) had been detected in Beni health zone in the province of North Kivu. The case, a 46-year old woman who had co-morbidities, died on 15 August 2022 after being hospitalized for 23 days. Oropharyngeal secretion samples were taken after ...
Ebola viruses - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if untreated. Ebola virus disease (EVD) formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus causing the 2014–2016 West African outbreak belongs to the Zaire ebolavirus species. Ebola Vaccines
Ebola outbreaks - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 5, 2020 · Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a rare but severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.
Ebola outbreak 2014-2016 - West Africa - World Health …
The 2014–2016 outbreak in West Africa was the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus was first discovered in 1976. This was the seventh outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease since its discovery. There were more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined.