Posted on 11/28/2018
Ebola is a rare but deadly virus that causes fever, body aches, and diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding inside and outside the body. As the virus spreads through the body, it damages the immune system and organs. Ultimately, it causes levels of blood-clotting cells to drop. This leads to severe, uncontrollable bleeding and kills up to 90% of people infected.
The disease is spread from human to human is through contact with blood and/or bodily fluids (urine, saliva, feces, vomit, sweat, breast milk and semen) of infected individuals. This may be through direct contact and/or droplet spread (droplets of infected bodily fluids produced by sneezing, coughing or talking) or via objects (such as needles) and environments that have...