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Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. [1] Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after infection. [3] The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. [1]
This virus was discovered during an outbreak of simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) in crab-eating macaques from Hazleton Laboratories (now Fortrea) in 1989. Since the initial outbreak in Reston, Virginia, it has since been found in nonhuman primates in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Siena, Italy.
6 maj 2024 · Ebola-Reston virus was introduced into primate-holding facilities in Reston, Virginia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Alice, Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. Four people developed antibodies but never experienced symptoms of Ebola virus disease.
Wirus Ebola, EBOV (od ang. Ebola virus), wcześniej nazywany oficjalnie Zaire Ebolavirus – takson wirusów (grupa wirusów) należących do gatunku Zaire Ebolavirus, z rodzaju Ebolavirus i rodziny Filoviridae (wirusy należące do tej rodziny nazywane są filowirusami). Rodzina Filoviridae należy do rzędu Mononegavirales.
This chapter discusses the emergence and natural history of Ebola viruses. The fact that the Ebola virus subtypes, which have caused human disease episodes, have been different from one another makes it clear that a common source human-to-human ...
The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Ebola viruses are found in several African countries. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, outbreaks have appeared sporadically in Africa.
