Ebola disease

Definition:

Ebola disease, also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a deadly infectious disease caused by ebolaviruses within the genus Ebolavirus in the family Filoviridae of -ssRNA viruses. Four ebolavirus are known to cause Ebola, and a related virus in Filoviridae causes Marburg disease. The first ebolavirus was discovered in 1976 in South Sudan.

References:

[1]. Heinz Feldmann, et al. Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Lancet. 2011 Mar 5;377(9768):849-62. [Content Brief]

[2]. J Bruce, et al. Ebola fever: the African emergency. Int J Trauma Nurs. 2002 Apr-Jun;8(2):36-41. [Content Brief]

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