Ebola

English: Ebola is the term for the viral genus Ebolavirus (EBOV), or for the disease Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF). It is named after the Ebola River, where the first recognized outbreak occurred. Electron micrographs show long filaments, characteristic of the Filoviridae viral family.

Virus

Enlargement of the tiny Ebola virions (Unit: 1 Micrometre)
(Scanning electron microscopic image – en-Wikipedia-article)
Transmission Electron Micrograph of the Ebola Virus
Electron micrograph
of an Ebola viral particle
Color-enhanced electron micrograph
of Ebola virus particles.
Transmission Electron Micrograph of the Ebola Virus. Hemorrhagic Fever, RNA Virus.

Ebola River

Ebola virus disease

If humans got infected after broken in the natural reservoire of the virus
(chasing wild animals – preparing the hunted "bushmeat"),
Human-to-human-transmission
is the main cause of an infection with the Ebola virus
(direct contact with infected persons or things contaminated with the virus).
Quarantine of the infected is very important to stop the epidemic. "+"→ description page)

Pathogenesis schematic

Ebola virus epidemics

Ebola epidemics in Africa
medical supplies, Congo(Zaire)

Epidemic in West Africa 2014

more media → Category:2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak

Deceased per day 2014
Kenema Hospital in Sierra Leone (2014).
Measuring temperature and disinfection station
Washing hands in Monrovia
Quarantine,
(Video english)
(Video: Versorgung von Familien in Quarantäne mit Lebensmitteln (German)
safety clothing

Older epidemics

Ebola case #3 (1976)
Nurse-nun visits graves of victims of Zaire Ebola outbreak (1976).
Ebola Zaire cases 1976-present
Ebola Sudan cases 1976-present
disinfection (1995)
Outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Uganda, 2000.
Summary of known and predicted geography of filoviruses in Africa.
Projection of filovirus ecologic niche models onto southeastern Asia and the Philippines.
scientists (1995)
Analysis under Biosafety level 4.