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Ebola Virus Disease[EVD]

Ebola Virus Diseases


By Teodor Cozma, Justin Frateanu and Razvan Tanase
By Teodor Cozma, Justin Frateanu and
Razvan Tanasa
The history of ebola
-discovered in 1976

-The first outbreak


occurred in the
Democratic Republic of
Congo

-The second outbreak


occurred in what is now
South Sudan.
Transmition and Simtoms
Blood or body fluids Fever
Objects
Infected fruit bats or Fatigue
nonhuman primates
 A person can only Muscle pain
spread Ebola to other
people after they Headache
develop signs and
symptoms of Ebola.
Sore throat
Diagnostic
Using the following diagnostic methods:
antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA)
antigen-capture detection tests
serum neutralization test
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-
PCR) assay
electron microscopy
·virus isolation by cell culture.
Prevention and control

Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human transmission

Reducing the risk of human-to-human transmission

Outbreak containment measures

Reducing the risk of transmission from pregnancy


related fluids and tissue
Vaccines
The vaccine is delivered in 2 doses:

Zabdeno is administered first

Mvabea is given approximately 8 weeks later as a


second dose
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