Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever-recent Outbreak
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HISTORY ABSTRACT: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) is a deadly infection which has no cure till today. Treating the symptoms and supportive care are the main stay in the management of the disease. There are some treatments and vaccines in initial stage of development but, they are never tested on humans. BACKGROUND:According to New York Times recent outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic fever (EHF) or Ebola virus disease (EVD) traced back to two year boy in a small village of Guinea. The child died on December 6th and one week later his mother, grandmother and 3 year old sister died. Since then disease has spread to Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. More than 1000 people have died so far.
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