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Ebola haemorrhagic fever is an emerging zoonotic di sease gaining importance in the present days ... more Ebola haemorrhagic fever is an emerging zoonotic di sease gaining importance in the present days due to the catastrop hic clinical disease and high mortality. It is characterized by immune suppr ession and a systemic inflammatory response that causes impairment of the vascular, coagulation and immune systems, leading to multi-organ failure and shock. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals such as chi mpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines. Once the virus has entered the population it can spread from person to person in the community. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa , caused by Zaire Ebola Virus species, is the largest outbreak of Ebola vir us disease in history which had a mortality of 50-90% in endemic settings . Health workers, family members and friends who are in close contact with people with Ebola are at the highest risk of getting the diseas e. Ebola is most likely initially transmitted from animals such a...
Ebola haemorrhagic fever is an emerging zoonotic di sease gaining importance in the present days ... more Ebola haemorrhagic fever is an emerging zoonotic di sease gaining importance in the present days due to the catastrop hic clinical disease and high mortality. It is characterized by immune suppr ession and a systemic inflammatory response that causes impairment of the vascular, coagulation and immune systems, leading to multi-organ failure and shock. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals such as chi mpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines. Once the virus has entered the population it can spread from person to person in the community. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa , caused by Zaire Ebola Virus species, is the largest outbreak of Ebola vir us disease in history which had a mortality of 50-90% in endemic settings . Health workers, family members and friends who are in close contact with people with Ebola are at the highest risk of getting the diseas e. Ebola is most likely initially transmitted from animals such a...