/EVG/ - Ebola Virus General #1 - Ebola-chan edition >CONFIRMED DEATHS 88 >CONFIRMED CASES 8 >SUSPECTED CASES 336 ___ >What is Ebola? Ebola is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses; in other words, it damages cells and interferes with the body's ability to clot. The current outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain. >Symptoms Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after infection. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, hepatic and renal dysfunction, at which point some people begin to bleed both internally and externally. >Transmission The viruses have caused intermittent outbreaks in Sub-Sahara Africa since 1976 when the disease was first reported, with the largest one being the 2014 Western African epidemic. They spread through direct contact with body fluids, such as blood from infected humans or other animals, or from contact with items that have recently been contaminated with infected body fluids. Fruit bats are believed to be the natural host of the viruses; they are able to spread the viruses without being affected by it. >Treatment There is no approved vaccine or medicine for the Bundibugyo strain. Medical professionals rely on isolation and symptom management to support the patient's body while it fights the virus. >Mortality Rate 25–50% (Bundibugyo) >Outbreak An Ebola virus disease outbreak was confirmed on 15 May in the DRC's Ituri Province. Health experts were alarmed that the outbreak had 100s of suspected cases. 2 confirmed cases with no apparent link have also been reported in Uganda. On 17 May 2026, the outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO. There are significant uncertainties to the true number of infected and geographic spread at this time. __ >WHO declaration https://archive.is/BwL3K