Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD)
AKA Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF)
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This is an Ebola virus particle taken by a transmission electron microscopic.
※ Pathogen & Disease Overview
In humans, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), a viral hemorrhagic fever, is caused by four (out of six) viruses in the Ebolavirus genus. These four pathogenic species include Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus), Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus), Taï Forest virus (Taï Forest ebolavirus), and Bundibugyo virus (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). You may have heard of the Reston virus from Richard Preston’s book, The Hot Zone, but there have been no confirmed human infections. Like Marburg virus, Ebolaviruses are members of the Filoviridae family and encode their genetic material as single-stranded, negative-sense RNA.
※ Zoonotic Origins
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※ Transmission
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※ Signs & Symptoms
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※ Epidemiology
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References
Bauerfeind, R., Von Graevenitz, A., Kimmig, P., Schiefer, H. G., Schwarz, T., Slenczka, W., & Zahner, H. (Eds.). (2016). Zoonoses: Infectious Diseases Transmissible Between Animals and Humans. ASM Press. (Original work published 2013)
Beeching, N., & Gill, G. (Eds.). (2014). Tropical Medicine: Lecture Notes (7th ed.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, December 1). What is Ebola Virus Disease? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/about.html