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FAQs – Ebola virus disease (EVD) [1]

Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90%. The illness affects humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in a remote area of Sudan.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2014
World Health Organization [2]
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Viral Diseases [3], WHO [4], Infectious Diseases [5], Information [6], Health Care [7], Monkey [8]
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