Ebola virus disease was discovered in 1976 after outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. It is transmitted through contact with blood, body fluids, or objects contaminated with fluids from infected humans or nonhuman primates. Common symptoms include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat. Diagnosis involves antibody, antigen, and PCR testing as well as electron microscopy and cell culture. Prevention strategies focus on reducing wildlife transmission, human transmission, and containing outbreaks. A two-dose vaccine called Zabdeno and Mvabea has been developed.
Ebola virus disease was discovered in 1976 after outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. It is transmitted through contact with blood, body fluids, or objects contaminated with fluids from infected humans or nonhuman primates. Common symptoms include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat. Diagnosis involves antibody, antigen, and PCR testing as well as electron microscopy and cell culture. Prevention strategies focus on reducing wildlife transmission, human transmission, and containing outbreaks. A two-dose vaccine called Zabdeno and Mvabea has been developed.
Ebola virus disease was discovered in 1976 after outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. It is transmitted through contact with blood, body fluids, or objects contaminated with fluids from infected humans or nonhuman primates. Common symptoms include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat. Diagnosis involves antibody, antigen, and PCR testing as well as electron microscopy and cell culture. Prevention strategies focus on reducing wildlife transmission, human transmission, and containing outbreaks. A two-dose vaccine called Zabdeno and Mvabea has been developed.
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: