Title: Ebola | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Headings: Ebola
Ebola
What is Ebola?
What are the symptoms of Ebola?
How is Ebola diagnosed?
How is Ebola treated?
Who is at risk for Ebola?
How can Ebola be prevented?
What to do if you are at risk for Ebola
After recovery from Ebola

Content: This is the liquid part of blood (serum) taken from a person who is recovering from Ebola. It is then put into the body of a person sick with Ebola. Medications. This includes medicines that act on blood-clotting factors or parts of the Ebola virus. Who is at risk for Ebola? If you’ve been to a place where people have been sick with Ebola or animals may carry Ebola, you may be at risk for infection. You are at risk if you: Were in a place where Ebola patients were being treated and had contact with them
Touched blood or body fluids (saliva, sweat, tears, mucus, vomit, feces, breast milk, urine, or semen) from a person with Ebola
Touched sheets, towels, clothes, personal objects, or other items that had contact with a person with Ebola
How can Ebola be prevented? There is currently no vaccine for Ebola. Prevention is done by avoiding contact with the virus, and taking special care around the virus.