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Ebola disease is a severe, often fatal illness in humans/αŠ’α‰¦αˆ‹ α‰ αˆ½α‰³ α‰ αˆ°α‹Žα‰½ αˆ‹α‹­ αŠ¨α‰£α‹΅ αŠ₯αŠ“ α‰₯α‹™ αŒŠα‹œ αˆˆαˆžα‰΅ α‹¨αˆšα‹³αˆ­αŒ α‰ αˆ½α‰³ αŠα‹

Ebola disease is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.

β€’ Three different viruses are known to cause large Ebola disease outbreaks: Ebola virus, Sudan virus and Bundibugyo virus.

β€’ The average Ebola disease case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25–90% in past outbreaks.

β€’ Early intensive supportive care with rehydration and the treatment of symptoms improves survival.

β€’ Approved vaccines and treatments are only available for one of the viruses (Ebola virus) and are under development for the others.


αŠ’α‰¦αˆ‹ α‰ αˆ½α‰³ α‰ αˆ°α‹Žα‰½ αˆ‹α‹­ αŠ¨α‰£α‹΅ αŠ₯αŠ“ α‰₯α‹™ αŒŠα‹œ αˆˆαˆžα‰΅ α‹¨αˆšα‹³αˆ­αŒ α‰ αˆ½α‰³ αŠα‹α’

β€’ αˆ¦αˆ΅α‰΅ α‹¨α‰°αˆˆα‹«α‹© α‰«α‹­αˆ¨αˆΆα‰½ ሰፊ α‹¨αŠ’α‰¦αˆ‹ α‰ αˆ½α‰³ α‹ˆαˆ¨αˆ­αˆ½αŠžα‰½αŠ• α‹«αˆ˜αŒ£αˆ‰ α‰°α‰₯ሎ α‹­α‰³α‹ˆα‰ƒαˆα‘α‘αŠ₯αŠα‹šαˆ…αˆ ፦ αŠ’α‰¦αˆ‹ α‰«α‹­αˆ¨αˆ΅α£ αˆ±α‹³αŠ• α‰«α‹­αˆ¨αˆ΅ αŠ₯αŠ“ α‰‘αŠ•α‹²α‰‘αŒ† α‰«α‹­αˆ¨αˆ΅ α‹­α‰£αˆ‹αˆ‰α’

β€’ α‹¨αŠ’α‰¦αˆ‹ α‰ αˆ½α‰³ αŠ αˆ›αŠ«α‹­ α‹¨αˆžα‰΅ αˆ˜αŒ αŠ• (case fatality rate) α‰ αŒαˆα‰΅ 50% αŠ αŠ«α‰£α‰’ αˆ²αˆ†αŠ• α‰€α‹΅αˆ˜α‹ α‰°αŠ¨αˆ΅α‰°α‹ α‰ αŠα‰ αˆ©α‰΅ α‹ˆαˆ¨αˆ­αˆ½αŠžα‰½ α‹¨αˆžα‰΅ αˆ˜αŒ αŠ• ከ25–90% α‹­α‹°αˆ­αˆ³αˆα’

β€’ በፍαŒ₯αŠα‰΅ α‹¨αˆšα‹°αˆ¨αŒ αŠ₯αŠ•αŠ­α‰₯αŠ«α‰€α£ α‰ α‰°αˆˆα‹­ αˆ°α‹αŠα‰΅αŠ• α‰ αˆαˆ³αˆ½ αˆ˜αŒ αŒˆαŠ• αŠ₯αŠ“ αˆαˆαŠ­α‰Άα‰½αŠ• αˆ›αŠ¨αˆ α‹¨αˆ˜α‰΅αˆ¨α αŠ₯α‹΅αˆαŠ• α‹«αˆ»αˆ½αˆ‹αˆα’

β€’ ምርምር α‹¨α‰°α‹°αˆ¨αŒˆα‰£α‰Έα‹ αŠ₯αŠ“ ፍቃዡ α‹«αŒˆαŠ™ αŠ­α‰΅α‰£α‰Άα‰½ αŠ₯αŠ“ αˆ•αŠ­αˆαŠ“α‹Žα‰½ αˆˆαŠ αŠ•α‹΅ α‰«α‹­αˆ¨αˆ΅ α‰₯ቻ (αˆˆαŠ’α‰¦αˆ‹ α‰«α‹­αˆ¨αˆ΅) α‹­αŒˆαŠ›αˆ‰α€ αˆˆαˆŒαˆŽα‰Ή αŒαŠ• αŠ αˆαŠ•αˆ α‰ αŒ₯αŠ“α‰΅ αˆ‹α‹­ αŠ“α‰Έα‹α’