virus. Symptoms typically start two days to three weeks after
contracting the virus, with a fever, throat and muscle pains, and
headaches. There is then typically nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea,
along with decreased functioning of the liver and kidneys. At this
point, some people begin to have problems with bleeding.
The disease is usually acquired when a person comes into contact with
the blood or bodily fluids of an infected animal such as a monkey or
fruit bat, fruit bats are believed to carry and spread the virus
without being affected by it.
Manifestation of Ebola begins abruptly with a sudden onset of an
influenza-like stage characterized by general malaise, fever with
chills, sore throat, severe headache, weakness, joint pain,
muscle pain, and chest pain.
Transmission of EVD is believed to occur after an ebola virus is
transmitted to a human index case via contact with an infected
animal's bodily fluids. Human-to-human transmission occurs via direct
contact with blood or bodily fluids from an infected person (including
embalming of an infected dead person) or by contact with contaminated
medical equipment, particularly needles and syringes. Medical workers
who do not wear protective clothing, such as gloves and surgical
masks, may also contract the disease.
However, contrary to popular belief, hemorrhage does not lead to
hypovolemia and is not the cause of death (total blood loss is low
except during labor). Instead, death occurs due to multiple organ
dysfunction syndrome (MODS) due to fluid redistribution, hypotension,
disseminated, intravascular coagulation, and focal tissue necroses.
The average time between contracting the infection
and the onset of symptoms is 13 days, but can be as
long as 25 days,EVD is caused by four of five viruses classified in
the genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, order Mononegavirales:
Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), Ebola virus (EBOV), Sudan virus (SUDV), Taï
Forest virus (TAFV).Risk factor about EBVD is by bushmeat being
prepared for cooking in Ghana. Human consumption of equatorial animals
in Africa in the form of bushmeat has been linked to the transmission
of diseases to people.
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