Ebola

Ebola Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease occurring in humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees. This disease was first recognized in 1976 near the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa. People can be exposed to the Ebola virus from direct contact with the blood and/or secretions of an infected person. Researchers believe that the virus is animal-borne and is usually maintained in an animal host that is native to Africa. The incubation period for Ebola hemorrhagic fever may range from two to twenty-one days. Common initial symptoms include fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat and weakness. Further onset will cause diarrhea, vomiting ans stomach pain. It is difficult to diagnose this virus within the first few days because the symptoms are nonspecific and occur virus, ebola, africa, symptoms, often, first, fever, disease, days, cause, blood, because, without, within, weakness, vomiting, very, using, unknown, two, twenty-one, throat, therapy, tests, test, syringes, suspected, supportive, stomach, sterilized, status, spread, sore, social, skin