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 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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What Is the Incubation Period for Ebola? The incubation period for Ebola (time after initial infection with the virus to the appearance of first symptoms) varies from about two to 21 days, with an average incubation period of about eight to 10 days. How Does the Ebola Virus Spread? The Ebola virus is contagious after a person develops symptoms. How the virus first infects a human at the start of an outbreak is unknown but is thought to be from an infected animal transmitted to humans, either by direct contact (for example, fruit bats) or by eating wild animals like monkeys. The infected patient can then spread the virus in several ways to others. People can become exposed to the virus through direct contact with a sick person's blood or other body fluids, such as urine, saliva, feces, vomit, and semen. It also spreads through objects, such as needles, contaminated with infected body fluids. During an Ebola virus disease outbreak, the virus can spread quickly in hospitals and clinics, especially if health care workers are not wearing protective equipment such as masks, gowns, and gloves. Ebola virus is not spread through the air, by water, or food (with the notable exception of bushmeat that is defined as wild animals hunted for food), according to the CDC.