Ebola virus, a member of the filoviridae family, is a causative agent of severe viral hemorrhagic fever in humans. Doenca por virus ebola wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Ebola was first identified in africa in 1976 and has a mortality rates approaching 90%. People can get evd through direct contact with an infected animal bat or nonhuman primate or a sick or dead person infected with ebola virus. Nuevo virus ataca a estados unidos noticias univision. Ebola virus disease evd is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. Cameraman diagnosed with ebola while working in liberia as a freelancer for nbc news. Tomori shows that west africa was totally unprepared for the outbreak of ebola virus disease. Absence of specific treatment or vaccine 20 previous ebola and marburg virus outbreaks.
You cant get ebola through air you cant get ebola through water you cant get ebola through food grown or legally purchased in the u. Ebola virus disease in west africathe first 9 months of the epidemic and forward projections. By the end of march, cases had occurred in all 50 u. Triplereassortant swine influenza a h1 in humans in the. The covid19 pandemic spread to the united states in january 2020. Original article from the new england journal of medicine triplereassortant swine influenza a h1 in humans in the united states, 20052009. The viruses that cause evd are located mainly in subsaharan africa. It is a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sarscov2. Objects contaminated with body fluids of a person sick with ebola or who has. You can only get ebola from the body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from ebola. Virus ebolareston revista ucm universidad complutense.
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