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"What Is Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever?" //Centers for Disease Control and Prevention //. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2012. .


 * 1) Ebola Hemorrhagic is a disease that affects humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees, and is very often fatal.
 * 2) The disease, caused by an infection of the Ebola virus, was first recognized in river in the Dominican Republic of Congo (Ziare, at one point) in Africa.
 * 3) Five subtypes: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Ivory, Ebola-bundibugyo, & Ebola-reston (Only affects monkeys, not humans).
 * 4) No traces of the disease found in the United States as of yet. Only the DRC, Gabon, Sudan, the Ivory coast, Uganda, and the RC.
 * 5) Believed that the first human to catch it got it from an infected animal.
 * 6) Passed by blood or secretions of an infected person. Usually passed around families by touching these secretions while treating a loved one.
 * 7) Incubation period: 2-21 days.
 * 8) Onset of illness is sudden and includes, but is not limited to: headache, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and sore throat. Some cases also included hiccups, rashes, and external bleeding.
 * 9) Some people are able to recover from it, but others are not, and it is not understood why by scientists.
 * 10) Is not easy to diagnose the disease in just a few days of catching it, because the early symptoms could easily be confused with another disease caught rather commonly.
 * 11) Standard treatment- none. Supportive theropy (balancing of the patients fluids & electolytes, maintanance of oxygen, and treatment of complicating infections) is used to help treat the illness.
 * 12) Once it is known that someone has it, it is highly recommended to isolate the infected and contact a local and/or state health department.
 * 13) Few preventions from the disease in Africa, due to the fact that the natural resavoir of the virus is unknown.
 * 14) When contacting a patient, one should be wearing goggles, gloves, gowns, and masks as protective clothing.
 * 15) Even after the patient has died, comming in contact with it is still a dangerous matter.

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