Title: Ebola virus disease: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Headings: Ebola virus disease
Ebola virus disease
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Content: Wash your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Avoid contact with blood and body fluids. Avoid contact with people who have a fever, are vomiting, or appear ill. Do not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person's blood or body fluids. This includes clothes, bedding, needles, and medical equipment. Avoid funeral or burial rituals that require handling the body of someone who has died from Ebola. Avoid contact with bats and nonhuman primates or blood, fluids, and raw meat prepared from these animals. Avoid hospitals in West Africa where Ebola patients are being treated. If you need medical care, the United States embassy or consulate is often able to provide advice about facilities. After you return, pay attention to your health for 21 days.