PV Shiji
Asst. Prof. Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical Collage, Calicut
Jare Jagannath Udhavrao
DNB Resident Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut
Nagaraj Desai
DNB Resident Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut
Abstract
Ebola virus is named for the river in the former Zaire where a haemorrhagic fever initially identified in 1976 involved human to human transmission, as well as spread by contaminated injection equipments. Ebola virus cause an acute febrile illness associated with a high mortality rate. The illness is characterized by multi-system involvement that begins with abrupt onset of headache, myalgia, fever and proceeds to prostration, rash, shock and bleeding manifestation. Epidemics usually begin with a single case acquired from an unknown reservoir (bats suspected) and spread mainly through close contact with sick persons or their body fluids either at home or in the hospital.
