Ebola Virus Disease – An Update

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  • Surekha Kishore
  • Richa Singh

Abstract

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe, haemorrhagic febrile disease, often fatal in humans, caused by a non segmented, negative sense RNA virus of the family Filoviridae and genus Ebolavirus. It is also known as Ebola Haemorrhagic fever. There are five species of Ebolavirus, namely Bundibugyo ebolavirus, Zaire ebolavirus, Reston ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus and Tai Forest ebolavirus. The Zaire species has caused multiple large outbreaks with mortality rates of 55 to 88 percent since first appearance of the disease whereas the Sudan virus has been associated with an approximate 50 percent case-fatality rate in four known epidemics: two in Sudan in the 1970s, one in Uganda in 2000, and another in Sudan in 2004 [1-5].

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2014-12-31

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Kishore S, Singh R. Ebola Virus Disease – An Update. Indian J Community Health [Internet]. 2014 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];26(4):443-5. Available from: https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/455

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