Ebola virus disease world organisation for animal health. Ebola virus disease aetiology of ebola virus disease ebola virus disease evd is also known as ebola haemorrhagic fever. Ebola virus ev is one of the most virulent human pathogens. It can be transmitted to humans through direct contact with. This fact sheet sets out the recommendations of the comite sur les infections nosocomiales du quebec cinq2 for ebola virus disease prevention and control measures for quebec hospitals. On 9 june the world health organization who declared the end of the most recent outbreak of evd in liberia. Ebola, ebola virus disease, fact sheet created date. Guinea declared an end to ebola virus transmission on 1 june.
Malattia da virus ebola epicentro istituto superiore di. Ebola virus disease who regional office for africa. Ebola virus disease has a fatality rate of 50% to 90%. Ebola virus disease formerly known as ebola haemorrhagic fever is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90% caused by ebola virus, a member of the filovirus family. Come riportato dallorganizzazione mondiale della sanita oms, i virus ad rna del genere ebola fanno parte della famiglia dei filoviridae filovirus. The ebola virus can cause severe viral haemorrhagic fever ebola hf outbreaks in humans with a case fatality rate of up to 90%. Sustains rapid response teams that can rapidly be deployed in case a new case of ebola virus disease is diagnosed. The average time from identification of ebola cases to hospitalization across the three countries reduced from 4 in august 2014 to less than 2 days for liberia and sierra leone and 2. Evd is a severe contagious disease affecting humans and nonhuman primates. Division of emerging and other communicable diseases surveillance and control. Oms brote epidemico del virus del ebola en africa occidental.
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