Ebola hemorrhagic fever
human disease
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Summary
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,893 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: Ebola River[3], Orthoebolavirus zairense[4]
- Location of discovery: Ebola River[5], Democratic Republic of the Congo[6]
- Subclass of: viral hemorrhagic fever[7], Filoviridae infectious disease[8], viral infectious disease[9], hospital-acquired infection[10], pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[11]
- Commons category: Ebola virus disease[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: August 26, 1976[13]
- ICPC 2 ID: A77[14]
- Symptoms and signs: nausea[15], vomiting[16], headache[17], diarrhea[18], fever[19], rash[20], dyspnea[21], arthralgia[22], conjunctivitis[23], bleeding[24], nosebleed[25], internal bleeding[26], myalgia[27], abdominal pain[28]
- Has cause: Ebolavirus[29], Orthoebolavirus zairense[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ebola[31]
- Medical examination: physical examination[32], complete blood count[33], ELISA[34], viral culture[35], polymerase chain reaction[36], electron microscope[37], immunofluorescence microscopy[38]
- Possible treatment: analgesic[39], blood transfusion[40], hydration[41], blood plasma[42], antipyretic[43], intravenous fluid replacement[44], symptomatic treatment[45]
- Commons gallery: Ebola[46]
- Disease transmission process: contact transmission[47], haemocontact transmission of pathogen[48]
- Has effect: Western African Ebola virus epidemic[49]
- Has characteristic: contagiousness[50]
- Number of cases: 27,953[51], 3786[52], 13,494[53]
- Biosafety level: biosafety level 4[54]
- Has natural reservoir: Hammer-headed bat[55], Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat[56], Little Collared Fruit Bat[57]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Ebola hemorrhagic fever include Ebola-chan[58], a moe anthropomorphic character[59], founded in 2014[60].
Why It Matters
Ebola hemorrhagic fever has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include Ebola-chan[58], a moe anthropomorphic character[59], founded in 2014[60].