In march 1998, the vertebrate virus subcommittee proposed in the international committee on taxonomy of viruses ictv to change the genus filovirus to the family filoviridae with two specific genera. The genera ebolavirus and marburgvirus were originally classified as the species of the nowobsolete genus filovirus. Case definition recommendations for ebola or marburg virus diseases. It belongs to the family filoviridae and is responsible for a severe disease characterized by the sudden onset of hemorrhagic fever accompanied by other non specific signs and symptoms.
Ebola virus disease evd is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. Kroll, david, nigeria free of new ebola cases, final surveillance contacts. Healthcare workers in liberia, official cdc health advisory. Signs and symptoms typically start between two days and three weeks after contracting the virus with a fever, sore throat, muscular pain, and headaches. On january 14, 2016, a new case of ebola was confirmed in a woman who died on january 12. Hemorrhagic means that the victim will bleed a lot, inside and outside their body. The six known virus species are named for the region where each was originally identified.
Ebola, also known as ebola virus disease evd, is a viral haemorrhagic fever of humans and other primates caused by ebolaviruses. It first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in what is now nzara, south sudan, and the other in yambuku, drc. Register online for free on the ministry of foreign affairs website through the. In march 2014, the largest ebola outbreak in history exploded across west africa. Ebola is the term for the viral genus ebolavirus ebov, or for the disease ebola hemorrhagic fever ehf.
Electron micrographs show long filaments, characteristic of the filoviridae viral family. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Vomiting, diarrhoea and rash usually follow, along with decreased function of the liver and. It is named after the ebola river, where the first recognized outbreak occurred. As of november 14, 2014, the world health organization has reported a total of 21,296 ebola virus disease evd. The viruses that cause evd are located mainly in subsaharan africa. Fue descrito por primera vez en 1976 por david finkes.
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