Ebola disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding,
spread through contact with infected body fluids by a filovirus ( Ebola
virus ), whose normal host species is Ebola is an infectious and
generally fatal unknown.
The Ebola virus is described as a group of viruses that cause a
deadly kind of hemorrhagic fever. The term "hemorrhagic fever" means
it causes bleeding inside and outside the body.
The virus has a long incubation period of approximately eight to
21 days. Early symptoms include fever, muscle weakness, sore throat and
headaches.
As the disease
progresses, the virus can impair kidney and liver function and lead to external
and internal bleeding. It’s one of the most deadly viruses on Earth with a
fatality rate that can reach between approximately 50 to 90 percent. There is
no cure.
he virus is transmitted through contact with blood or secretions
from an infected person, either directly or through contaminated surfaces,
needles or medical equipment. A patient is not contagious until he or she
starts showing signs of the disease.
Thankfully, the virus
is not airborne, which means a person cannot get the disease simply by
breathing the same air as an infected patient.
