(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75306000/jpg/_75306515_line976.jpg) Ebola virus disease (EVD)
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- Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and central nervous system damage
- Spread by body fluids, such as blood and saliva
- Fatality rate can reach 90% - but current outbreak has mortality rate of about 70%
- Incubation period is two to 21 days
- There is no proven vaccine or cure
- Supportive care such as rehydrating patients who have diarrhoea and vomiting can help recovery
- Fruit bats, a delicacy for some West Africans, are considered to be virus's natural host
Ebola virus: Busting the myths (http://www.theinfostride.com/news/health-29311659)
Source: BBC