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Hemorrhagic fever caused by ebolaviruses
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), 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.
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A clinical trial for an Ebola vaccine is expected to be launched in the DRC before the end of the month, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
CDC reports 8,750 confirmed Bundibugyo virus cases and 4,208 deaths, making the DRC outbreak the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record.
The latest national report indicates that the number of confirmed infections has reached 9,066, with 4,381 deaths, marking a new thres