Ebola Virus

• Virus
• RNA
• Negative-stranded
• Filovirus

Characteristics

• RNA
• Single-stranded
• Negative-sense
• Linear
• Enveloped
• Helical
• Filamentous shape
• “filo”-viridae
• Category A bioterrorism agent

Transmission

• Human-to-human

1. Contact with bodily fluids
2. Airborne transmission may be possible

• Monkey-to-human

Reservoir

• Unknown (possible reservoir are bats and pigs for Ebola virus)

Incubation period

• 2-21 days.
• It kills up to 90% of people who are infected. 

Diseases

• Hemorrhagic fever

Laboratory

• Diagnose with ELISA or PCR in level 4 isolation

Treatment

• Quarantine
• Supportive treatment only