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What is Ebola?
Filoviridae• Ebolavirus – 5 viruses/species– Ebola (Zaire)– Sudan– Bundibugyo– Tai Forest – Reston
• Marburgvirus (single species)
• Cuevavirus
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How are humans infected - 1?
• Infected fruit bats– Bats have high titres in faeces– Used as food
• Infected animals e.g. monkeys– Handling uncooked bush meat
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Bat soup: http://squathole.worldpress.com/
Bush meat: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11006343/Ebola-crisis-why-is-there-bush-meat-in-the-UK.html
How are humans infected - 2?
• Human-to-human transmission– Direct contact with blood or secretions
of infected people, including urine, faeces, vomit, spit, sweat, semen and breast milk
– Exposure to objects or environment contaminated with infected secretions
– Burial ceremonies through direct contact with the body
• Access through mucosal surface / breaks in skin / parenteral (needlestick injury)
• Healthcare workers must practice strict infection prevention and control precautions
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Signs and Symptoms
• Signs generally begin 2-21 days after contact with a person who is sick with Ebola– Most commonly 1-2 weeks,
average 11.4 days
• People infected with Ebola but who do not show signs of disease cannot spread the virus
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Signs and Symptoms
• General: (0-3 days)– Fever, headache, sore throat, chills,
weakness, tiredness• Gastrointestinal symptoms: (3-10 days)– Vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain,
Hiccups • Severe symptoms (7-12 days) – Severe diarrhoea and vomiting, bleeding
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Other signs of Ebola Virus Disease
• Redness in the whites of the eyes• Rash on the trunk• Bleeding in 45% of cases (historically)– Mild: nose bleed, bruising– Severe: gastrointestinal bleeding, shock
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Timeline for how a person with Ebola becomes more infectious over time
Source: Public Health England
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Ebola and infectivity
• Ebola virus is spread among people through: – Touching body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from Ebola – Touching or using objects contaminated with Ebola
• People infected with Ebola can only spread the virus to others once they have developed symptoms
• People with no or very mild symptoms (low-grade fever), level of virus is low and unlikely to pose a risk to others
• Once a person is unwell, all body fluids are infectious, with blood, vomit and diarrhoea being the most infectious
• Semen can remain infectious for up to three months after recovery
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Clinical illness in first 106 patients with EVD, Sierra Leone, May-June 2014 (n=106)
Schieffelin et al, NEJM, 29 Oct 2014
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What is the natural history of EVD in humans?
• Non-fatal cases– Fever for 5-9 days and then improve– Coincident with humoral antibody response– Complete recovery can take weeks
• Weakness/ arthralgias/ headaches/ hair loss
• Deaths– Mortality: 30-90%– Current outbreak:
• Case fatality rate: 70%1
• Among hospitalised cases, deaths occur on average 4.2 days after admission1
1 WHO Ebola Response Team. Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa – the first 9 months of the epidemic and forward projections. N Eng J Med 2014; 371:1481-95
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Ebola shares symptoms with many diseases!
• Malaria• Typhoid fever• Cholera• Other viral hemorrhagic fevers (e.g., Lassa)
• Most people sick with fever, vomiting, and diarrhea do not have Ebola
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Management of patientsTreatment and Vaccines
• Isolation• Ill patients require intensive supportive care• Fluids: oral rehydration if possible• No licensed vaccine available (several being tested)• No specific treatment available• New drug therapies being
evaluated
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Acknowledgements
• Adapted from materials produced by:– World Health Organisation (WHO)– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)– Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention– Public Health England– Dr Todd F Hatchette, Nova Scotia, Canada
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More Information
• Health Protection Surveillance Centrehttp://www.hpsc.ie/News/MainBody,14571,en.html
• CDChttp://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html
• WHOhttp://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/
• HSEhttp://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Campaigns/Ebolaupdate.html