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Ebola Virus Disease: Ragilia Sekar Merah Vidiyah Yunica Priskila Agustin Ike Safira

Ebola virus disease is caused by infection from the Ebola virus, which was first discovered in rural areas of Congo, Africa. It is a serious, often fatal condition that attacks humans and primates. The virus is transmitted from infected animals to humans and then between humans. Symptoms include high fever, headache, sore throat and joint pain initially, followed by bleeding from various areas of the body. The Ebola virus is an enveloped RNA virus that is similar to the Marburg virus and causes hemorrhagic fevers in infected humans.

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Ebola Virus Disease: Ragilia Sekar Merah Vidiyah Yunica Priskila Agustin Ike Safira

Ebola virus disease is caused by infection from the Ebola virus, which was first discovered in rural areas of Congo, Africa. It is a serious, often fatal condition that attacks humans and primates. The virus is transmitted from infected animals to humans and then between humans. Symptoms include high fever, headache, sore throat and joint pain initially, followed by bleeding from various areas of the body. The Ebola virus is an enveloped RNA virus that is similar to the Marburg virus and causes hemorrhagic fevers in infected humans.

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EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

Ragilia Sekar Merah


Vidiyah Yunica
Priskila Agustin
Ike Safira
DEFINITION
Ebola is a disease that attacks humans, monkeys,
chimpanzees, gorillas and other primates caused by the
Ebola virus. This virus was first discovered in rural
areas in Congo, Africa and threatens the lives of
sufferers.
TYPES
Ebola virus disease is a serious, often fatal condition in
humans and nonhuman primates. Ebola is one of
several viral hemorrhagic fevers, caused by infection
with a virus of the Filoviridae family, genus
Ebolavirus.
ISSUES
Ebola disease was initially transmitted from primate
animals to humans with bats as an intermediary. After
the Ebola outbreak in Africa, the spread of the Ebola
virus also occurred from one person to another.

Not everyone is at risk of experiencing Ebola. People


who are at risk of Ebola are people who traveled to the
African continent during the Ebola outbreak and
medical personnel or families who treat Ebola
sufferers
SYMTOMS
Ebola occurs within 14-21 days after contracting, in
the form of high fever, headache, sore throat, joint
pain, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps.

After these symptoms occur for several days, bleeding


begins in various places (eyes, ears, nose, or bleeding
in organs in the body), convulsions, decreased
consciousness, and shock
CHARACTERISTICS
The Ebola Virus is a negative stranded enveloped
RNA virus. Ebola virus has characteristics that are
very similar to another virus from filoviridae family of
viruses called the Marburg virus.
These viruses have been shown to cause hemorrhagic
fevers in infected humans

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