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Ebola Get Severe As Its Infect 5 People Every Hour In Severe Affected Countries by Ambi25(op): 12:09pm On Oct 05, 2014

According to world health
Organisation(WHO)
Ebola virus disease (EVD),
formerly known as Ebola
haemorrhagic fever,
is a severe, often fatal illness in
humans.
The virus is transmitted to
people from wild animals and
spreads in
the human population through
human-to-human transmission.

The average EVD case fatality
rate is around 50%. Case fatality
rates
have varied from 25% to 90%
in past outbreaks.
The first EVD outbreaks
occurred in remote villages in
Central Africa,
near tropical rainforests, but
the most recent outbreak in
west Africa
has involved major urban as
well as rural areas.

Community engagement is key
to successfully controlling
outbreaks.
Good outbreak control relies on
applying a package of
interventions,
namely case management,
surveillance and contact tracing,
a good
laboratory service, safe burials
and social mobilisation.

Early supportive care with
rehydration, symptomatic
treatment improves survival.
There is as yet no licensed
treatment proven to neutralise
the virus
but a range of blood,
immunological and drug
therapies are under
development.
There are currently no licensed
Ebola vaccines but 2 potential
candidates are undergoing
evaluation.
The infection is getting severe
as it infect five people every
hour in freetown

See details how to prevent it:
www.nigeriacurrentaffairs1..in/2014/10/ebola-disease-getting-severe-as-it.html