Ebola outbreak
Hemorrhagic fever spread
An Ebola outbreak is an episode when the Ebola virus spreads through a human population, causing severe hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates.
Outbreaks typically begin when the virus jumps from animal hosts to humans, then spreads through contact with bodily fluids.
The 2014–2016 West African outbreak was the largest and deadliest, killing over eleven thousand people.
Health officials are working to contain the Ebola outbreak before it spreads to neighboring countries.
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- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- red zoneHigh-risk territory
- hemorrhagic feverViral syndrome with bleeding
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Community-level disease prevention
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