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Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
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]
Bacillus cereus infection Culture Vancomycin: No multiple bacteria Bacterial meningitis: Lumbar puncture (contraindicated if there is a mass in the brain or the intracranial pressure is elevated), CT or MRI Antibiotics No multiple bacteria Bacterial pneumonia: Sputum Gram stain and culture, Chest radiography Antibiotics No
2004 Sudan Ebola outbreak 2004 Sudan: Ebola: 7 [237] 2004–2005 Angola Marburg virus outbreak 2004–2005 Angola: Marburg virus: 227 [229] 2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore: 2005 Singapore: Dengue fever: 27 [238] 2006 Luanda cholera epidemic 2006 Luanda, Angola: Cholera: 1,200+ [239] 2006 Ituri Province plague epidemic 2006
If a person infected with the Ebola virus rides the subway and has a body fluid (such as mucus from sneezing) on his or her hand, and then touches the railing on a subway, the virus can live up to ...
Orthoebolavirus zairense [1] or Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus (/ i ˈ b oʊ l ə, ɪ-/; EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus Ebolavirus. [2] Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including EBOV, cause a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other mammals, known as Ebola virus disease (EVD).
Amid two outbreaks of the Marburg virus, a cousin of Ebola which causes a severe and often fatal disease, here's what you need to know about symptoms, transmission, and prognosis.
This was the most severe Ebola outbreak in recorded history in regards to both the number of human cases and fatalities. It began in Guéckédou, Guinea, in December 2013 and spread abroad. [37] [38] [33] Flare-ups of the disease continued into 2016, [39] and the outbreak was declared over on 9 June 2016. Aug–Nov 2014 DRC: EBOV 66 [40] 49 [40 ...