Title: Ebola Virus Vaccine, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Contagious
Headings: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (Ebola Virus Disease)
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Content: Early clinical diagnosis is difficult as the symptoms are nonspecific; however, if the patient is suspected to have Ebola, the patient needs to be isolated, and local and state health departments need to be immediately contacted. Definitive diagnostic tests for Ebola hemorrhagic fever are ELISA and/or PCR tests; viral cultivation and biopsy samples may also be used. There is no standard treatment for Ebola hemorrhagic fever; only supportive therapy and experimental treatment is available. There are many complications from Ebola hemorrhagic fever, causing a high mortality rate (reported mortality rates range from 25%-100% with a reported average rate of 40%-50%). Prevention of Ebola hemorrhagic fever is difficult; early testing and isolation of the patient plus barrier protection (protective equipment) for caregivers (mask, gown, goggles, and gloves) is very important to prevent other people from being infected. Researchers are trying to understand the Ebola virus and pinpoint its ecological reservoirs to deduce how Ebola outbreaks occur.