Back فيروس إيبولا Arabic Ebolavirus AST Ebola virusu Azerbaijani Вірус Эбола Byelorussian Virus d'Ebola Catalan Ιός Έμπολα Greek Èbula EML Ebola virus English Ebolo (viruso) Esperanto Ebola viirus Estonian
| Ebola virus disease | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
 Electron microscope picture of the Ebola virus | |
| ICD-10 | A98.4 |
| ICD-9 | 065.8 |
| DiseasesDB | 18043 |
| MedlinePlus | 001339 |
| eMedicine | med/626 |
| MeSH | D019142 |
Ebola virus or Ebola virus disease (EVD), often shortened to Ebola, is a very dangerous virus. It belongs to the family Filoviridae. Four different types of Ebola virus can cause a severe disease which is often fatal. Ebola infection causes hemorrhagic fever which starts suddenly. "Hemorrhagic" means that the victim will bleed a lot, inside and outside of their body. The virus attacks almost every organ and tissue of the human body, causing multiple organs to fail at once. Out of every 100 people who get Ebola, on average 25 to 90 die.
The virus was first found in Sudan. It is mostly found in Africa, with very few cases in Europe and the United States.[1]
- ↑ "Ebola virus antibodies in fruit bats, Bangladesh". Emerging Infectious Disease. 19 (2). CDC: 270–273. 2013. doi:10.3201/eid1902.120524. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 3559038. PMID 23343532. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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