Title: Ebola - Wikipedia
Headings: Ebola
Ebola
Contents
Signs and symptoms
Onset
Bleeding
Recovery and death
Cause
Virology
Transmission
Initial case
Reservoir
Pathophysiology
Immune system evasion
Diagnosis
Laboratory testing
Differential diagnosis
Prevention
Vaccines
Infection control
Caregivers
Patients and household members
Disinfection
General population
Bushmeat
Corpses, burial
Transport, travel, contact
Laboratory
Putting on protective equipment
Removing protective equipment
Isolation
Contact tracing
Management
Standard support
Intensive care
Prognosis
Epidemiology
1976
Sudan
Zaire
1995–2014
2013–2016 West Africa
2014 spread outside West Africa
2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo
2018 Équateur province
2018–2020 Kivu
2020 Équateur province
2021 North Kivu (ongoing)
2021 Guinea (ongoing)
Society and culture
Weaponisation
Literature
Other animals
Wild animals
Domestic animals
Reston virus
Research
Treatments
Diagnostic tests
Disease models
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

Content: Fruit bats are believed to be the normal carrier in nature, able to spread the virus without being affected by it. Other diseases such as malaria, cholera, typhoid fever, meningitis and other viral haemorrhagic fevers may resemble EVD. Blood samples are tested for viral RNA, viral antibodies or for the virus itself to confirm the diagnosis. Control of outbreaks requires coordinated medical services and community engagement. This includes rapid detection, contact tracing of those who have been exposed, quick access to laboratory services, care for those infected, and proper disposal of the dead through cremation or burial. Samples of body fluids and tissues from people with the disease should be handled with special caution. Prevention includes limiting the spread of disease from infected animals to humans by handling potentially infected bushmeat only while wearing protective clothing, and by thoroughly cooking bushmeat before eating it. It also includes wearing proper protective clothing and washing hands when around a person with the disease. An Ebola vaccine was approved in the United States in December 2019. While there is no approved treatment for Ebola as of 2019
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, two treatments ( atoltivimab/maftivimab/odesivimab and ansuvimab) are associated with improved outcomes.