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 ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after infection. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, hepatic and renal dysfunction, at which point some people begin to bleed both internally and externally. Outbreaks of the disease have had a mortality rate of between 25 and 90%, averaging out at approximately 50%. The viral... 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