EBOLA VIRUS
Ebola is rare but a deadly viral infection. It cause fever, body aches, diarrhoea, and bleeding inside and outside the body. Ebola virus damages the Immune system and organs, it reduces the level of blood-clotting cells, which leads to and uncontrollable bleeding) Severe Also called as -Coola haemorrhagic fever It’s mortality rati is upto 90%.
It is caused by Ebola 
virus.
The Silent Killer Emerges
In the sweltering heat of Central Africa, during the summer of 1976, a medical mystery began to unfold. In a small mission hospital in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of the Congo, patients started arriving with a puzzling set of symptoms: fever, chills, and progressive deterioration. Within days, a previously unknown disease claimed its first victims. The cause? A virus so deadly and efficient that it would capture the world’s attention and forever change our understanding of emerging infectious diseases.
This was the birth of Ebola—one of humanity’s most feared pathogens. The story began with a 42-year-old headmaster who returned from a trip in northern Zaire with something far more sinister than memories: an infection that would spark a cascade of deaths and scientific urgency.
How Ebola Spreads: The Transmission Riddle
Understanding how Ebola spreads is crucial for containing it, and this knowledge comes with both reassuring and sobering facts.
Contrary to popular misconceptions, Ebola does not drift through the air like influenza or the common cold. A person sneezing or coughing does not transmit the virus to strangers across a room. This single fact has been a critical reassurance in public health responses. The virus spreads through direct contact—a concept both simple and terrifyingly intimate.
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