Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a rare but severe, often fatal , often fatal illness, with a death rate of up t...

People become infected with Ebola either through contact with infected animals (usually following butchering, cooking or eating) or through contact...

During an outbreak, those at higher risk of infection are: health workers; family members or others in close contact with infected people; mourners...

Levels of Ebola virus remain high after death, thus bodies of those who have died from Ebola virus disease must be handled only by people wearing a...

Health-care workers are at greater risk of infection if they are not wearing correct personal protective equipment (PPE) or are not applying infect...

Sexual transmission of the Ebola virus, from males to females, is a strong possibility, but has not yet been proven. Less probable, but theoretical...

Ebola symptoms vary but sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat are commonly experienced at the beginning of...

The incubation period, or the time interval from infection to onset of symptoms, is from 2 to 21 days. People are not contagious until they develop...

A person with Ebola-like symptoms (fever, headache, muscle aches, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea) who has been in contact with living or dead people...