Also known as<unk>  hemorrhagic fever
RNA virus of the filovirus family
The 5 species of Ebola are the other 5 members of the family
First outbreak, 1967, in<unk>  and Frankfurt Germany - due to research on African green monkeys
Reservoir: Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
The 5 species of Ebola are the other 5 members of the family
Host animal to human - most outbreaks have implicated contact with bats as the source
No documented cases of primate-human transmission outside laboratory setting
Human to human: direct contact with droplets of body fluid or contaminated objects
Humans can transmit the virus as soon as they are febrile.
No documented cases of primate-human transmission outside laboratory setting
Humans can transmit the virus as soon as they are febrile.
Marburg virus disease
Normal causes of acute fever!
Ebola virus disease
Malaria
Dengue
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Leptospirosis
Typhoid fever