Ebola Virus: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
                     EBOLA VIRUS: SYMPTOMS, 
TREATMENT, AND 
PREVENTION
INTRODUCTION
EBOLA IS A RARE BUT DEADLY 
VIRUS THAT CAUSES FEVER, BODY 
ACHES, AND DIARRHEA, AND 
SOMETIMES BLEEDING INSIDE AND 
OUTSIDE THE BODY.
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HOW IT SPREAD?
AS THE VIRUS SPREADS THROUGH 
THE BODY, IT DAMAGES THE 
IMMUNE SYSTEM AND ORGANS. 
ULTIMATELY, IT CAUSES LEVELS OF 
BLOOD-CLOTTING CELLS TO DROP. 
THIS LEADS TO SEVERE, 
UNCONTROLLABLE BLEEDING.
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HOW DO YOU GET EBOLA?
EBOLA ISN’T AS CONTAGIOUS AS 
MORE COMMON VIRUSES LIKE COLDS, 
INFLUENZA, OR MEASLES. IT SPREADS 
TO PEOPLE BY CONTACT WITH THE 
SKIN OR BODILY FLUIDS OF AN 
INFECTED ANIMAL, LIKE A MONKEY, 
CHIMP, OR FRUIT BAT. 
THEN IT MOVES FROM PERSON TO 
PERSON THE SAME WAY. THOSE WHO 
CARE FOR A SICK PERSON OR BURY 
SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED FROM THE 
DISEASE OFTEN GET IT.
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TRANSMISSION 
FROM ANIMALS 
TO HUMANS
• BLOOD: KILLING OR EATING INFECTED 
ANIMALS CAN SPREAD THE VIRUSES. 
SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE OPERATED ON 
INFECTED ANIMALS AS PART OF THEIR 
RESEARCH HAVE ALSO CAUGHT THE 
VIRUS.
• WASTE PRODUCTS: TOURISTS IN 
CERTAIN AFRICAN CAVES AND SOME 
UNDERGROUND MINE WORKERS HAVE 
BEEN INFECTED WITH THE MARBURG 
VIRUS, POSSIBLY THROUGH CONTACT 
WITH THE FECES OR URINE OF 
INFECTED BATS.
Source: www.mayoclinic.org
SYMPTOMS OF EBOLA
HIGH FEVER
HEADACHE
JOINT AND MUSCLE ACHES
SORE THROAT
WEAKNESS
STOMACH PAIN
LACK OF APPETITE
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HOW IS EBOLA DIAGNOSED?
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL IF A 
PERSON HAS EBOLA FROM THE 
SYMPTOMS ALONE. DOCTORS MAY 
TEST TO RULE OUT OTHER 
DISEASES LIKE CHOLERA OR 
MALARIA.
TESTS OF BLOOD AND TISSUES 
ALSO CAN DIAGNOSE EBOLA.
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HOW IS EBOLA TREATED?
THERE'S NO CURE FOR EBOLA, 
THOUGH RESEARCHERS ARE 
WORKING ON IT. THERE ARE TWO 
DRUG TREATMENTS WHICH HAVE 
BEEN APPROVED FOR TREATING 
EBOLA. INMAZEB IS A MIXTURE OF 
THREE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES 
(ATOLTIVIMAB, MAFTIVIMAB, AND 
ODESIVIMAB-EBGN).
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HOW CAN YOU PREVENT 
EBOLA?
THERE’S A VACCINE TO PREVENT 
EBOLA, BUT RVSV-ZEBOV (ERVEBO) 
ONLY TREATS THE ZAIRE STRAIN OF 
THE VIRUS. THE BEST WAY TO AVOID 
CATCHING THE DISEASE IS BY NOT 
TRAVELING TO AREAS WHERE THE 
VIRUS IS FOUND. 
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EBOLA FACTS
THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF EBOLA 
VIRUS. FOUR OF THEM CAUSE THE 
DISEASE IN HUMANS.
THE EBOLA VIRUS FIRST APPEARED 
DURING TWO 1976 OUTBREAKS IN 
AFRICA.
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EBOLA FACTS
THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF EBOLA 
VIRUS. FOUR OF THEM CAUSE THE 
DISEASE IN HUMANS.
THE EBOLA VIRUS FIRST APPEARED 
DURING TWO 1976 OUTBREAKS IN 
AFRICA.
Source: www.webmd.com