Title: Ebola: Vaccine, Symptoms, Treatment, Contagious & Prevention
Headings: Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)
Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)
What Should I Know about the Ebola Virus?
What Is the Medical Definition of Ebola?
Has Anyone Survived Ebola?
What Happens When You Have Ebola?
Is Ebola Curable?
How Can Ebola Be Prevented?
What Is the History of Ebola Virus Disease?
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What Are Ebola Virus Disease Causes and Risk Factors?
How Contagious Is Ebola, and How Long Is Someone With the Disease Contagious?
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What Are Signs and Symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease?
What Specialists Treat Ebola Virus Disease?
What Are Ebola Virus Disease Complications?
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What Tests Do Specialists Use to Diagnose Ebola Virus Disease?
What Are Ebola Virus Disease Treatments?
What Medications Treat Ebola Virus Disease?
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How Can People Prevent Ebola Virus Disease?
What Is the Prognosis for Ebola Virus Disease?
What Is the Latest Research on Ebola Virus Disease?
Ebola Virus Disease Picture
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Content: However, researchers believe that the virus is zoonotic (animal-borne) with bats being the most likely reservoir. There are five identified species (types) of Ebola virus. Four of the five have caused disease in humans: Zaire ebolavirus
Sudan ebolavirus
Taï Forest ebolavirus
Bundibugyo ebolavirus
Reston ebolavirus (has not caused illness in humans)
The risk of getting Ebola virus disease is low for most people. All cases of illness or death have occurred in Africa, with the exception of laboratory contamination in Russia and England. The risk increases if a person travels to or lives in Africa where Ebola virus disease outbreaks have occurred. Those at highest risk include the following: Health care workers and family and friends who have cared for an infected person with Ebola virus disease (any health workers in the outbreak area)
Laboratory personnel working with bodily fluids of an Ebola virus disease patient
Animal researchers with direct handling of bats, rodents, or primates from an area where Ebola virus disease has occurred
Individuals participating in funeral rites in which there is direct exposure to human remains where an Ebola virus disease outbreak is occurring
How Contagious Is Ebola, and How Long Is Someone With the Disease Contagious? Ebola virus infection can be highly contagious. The person becomes contagious when the first symptoms, like fever, begin to appear until the person dies.