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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
Symptoms begin as soon as 2 days after infection most commonly days 8-10 though up to 21 days. Common symptoms include fevers, headaches, myalgias, malaise, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and anorexia. | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 21:08, 1 September 2014
Background
Ebola is a viral infection that causes severe, often fatal (40-65%) hemorrhagic fever with outbreaks in Uganda (2011,2012) Republic of Congo (2012) and Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria in 2014.
Clinical Features
Symptoms begin as soon as 2 days after infection most commonly days 8-10 though up to 21 days. Common symptoms include fevers, headaches, myalgias, malaise, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and anorexia.