A Short Overview of Ebola Outbreak

Authors

  • Bibi Leila Hoseini Midwifery MSc, Midwifery Department, Nursing and midwifery School, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
  • Habibolah Taghizadeh Moghadam Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
  • Majid Rahban Nursing and midwifery School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
  • Masumeh Saeidi Students Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
  • Mohammadreza Noras PhD Student, Students Research Committee, Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract:

  Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90%. The illness affects humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in a remote area of Sudan. The origin of the virus is unknown but fruit bats (Pteropodidae) are considered the likely host of the Ebola virus, based on available evidence. In the current outbreak in West Africa, the majority of cases in humans have occurred as a result of human-to-human transmission. Infection occurs from direct contact through broken skin or mucous membranes with the blood, or other bodily fluids or secretions (stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people.

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volume 2  issue 4.1

pages  287- 294

publication date 2014-10-01

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