2. Ebola Virus & History
The Ebola virus is a severe infectious often fatal disease in human and primates.
- 1st
appeared in 1976 at Nzara in Sudan and at Yambuku in the democratic republic of
Congo near the Ebola river in Africa.
- 2nd
appeared in Africa 1989 in Reston.
- 3rd
appeared in 2014 West Africa affecting Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.
Ebola virus is called as hemorrhagic because bleeding will occur during the course of illness.
Needs a host cell to survive. Cases & Deaths data up to 13 Mar 2016
http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-16-march-2016
05 EBOLA VIRUS SPECIES
Ebola Virus (Zaire Ebolavirus)
Sudan Virus (Sudan Ebolavirus)
Taï Forest Virus (Taï Forest Ebolavirus)
Bundibugyo Virus (Bundibugyo
Ebolavirus)
Reston Virus (Reston Ebolavirus)
4. Symptoms of Ebola Virus
Typical symptoms of Ebola include
Fever Headache
Extreme Fatigue Sore Throat
Vomiting Diarrhea
Abdominal pain
Symptoms may appear anywhere from 2 to 21
days after exposure to Ebola, but the average
is 8 to 10 days.
5. Diagnosis & Prevention
1. Avoid physical contact with people
showing symptoms of the EBOLA virus.
2. Wash your hands regularly with clean
water and soap.
3. Keep away from (fruit) bats, monkeys,
dead animals and bush meat.
4. Animal products should be thoroughly
cooked before consumption.
5. Inform health authorities immediately in
case of contact with expected or
confirmed EBOLA cases.
6. Only travel to areas where there is an
EBOLA outbreak in case of urgent
need.
It can be difficult to distinguish EVD from other
infectious diseases such as malaria, typhoid Fever
and meningitis. Confirmation that symptoms are
caused by EBOLA virus infection are made using the
following investigations:
Antibody capture enzyme linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA)
Antigen capture detection tests
Serum neutralization test
Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
(RT-PCR) assay
Election microscopy
Virus isolation by cell culture
06 WAYS TO PREVENT EBOLA
6. Diagnosis & Prevention
1. Avoid physical contact with people
showing symptoms of the EBOLA virus.
2. Wash your hands regularly with clean
water and soap.
3. Keep away from (fruit) bats, monkeys,
dead animals and bush meat.
4. Animal products should be thoroughly
cooked before consumption.
5. Inform health authorities immediately in
case of contact with expected or
confirmed EBOLA cases.
6. Only travel to areas where there is an
EBOLA outbreak in case of urgent
need.
It can be difficult to distinguish EVD from other
infectious diseases such as malaria, typhoid Fever
and meningitis. Confirmation that symptoms are
caused by EBOLA virus infection are made using the
following investigations:
Antibody capture enzyme linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA)
Antigen capture detection tests
Serum neutralization test
Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
(RT-PCR) assay
Election microscopy
Virus isolation by cell culture
06 WAYS TO PREVENT EBOLA
