Ebola virus disease (EVD)

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Ebola virus disease (EVD)
« on: August 03, 2014, 01:28:23 PM »
Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and central nervous system damage
Fatality rate can reach 90%
Incubation period is two to 21 days
There is no vaccine or cure
Supportive care such as rehydrating patients who have diarrhoea and vomiting can help recovery
Fruit bats are considered to be virus' natural host
Md Al Faruk
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy