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Maladie à virus Ébola | Foire aux questions

Dernière mise à jour: 23 mai 2018

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italie ;

Pages 7

Author AGA

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This document aims to provide answers to frequently asked questions on the Ebola visus disease (EVD). EVD, formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a human illness caused by infection with an Ebola virus. There are five known species of Ebola viruses, four of which cause human illness. The Zaire ebola virus was the first Ebola virus ever isolated. The virus caused the first reported outbreaks of EVD in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Sudan. The name of the disease comes from the first recorded outbreak in 1976 in an area that lies on the Ebola River.

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