is ebola only in africa?
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Ebola virus disease is a serious viral infection that originated in sub-Saharan Africa. No one has caught Ebola from someone else in the UK. For most people visiting countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the risk of exposure to the Ebola virus is minimal.
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Overall, eleven people were treated for Ebola in the United States during the 2014-2016 epidemic. On September 30, 2014, CDC confirmed the first travel-associated case of EVD diagnosed in the United States in a man who traveled from West Africa to Dallas, Texas. The patient (the index case) died on October 8, 2014.
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['Nigeria - 195,874,740. Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa.', 'Ethiopia - 109,224,559. ... ', 'Egypt - 98,423,595. ... ', 'Democratic Republic of the Congo - 84,068,091. ... ', 'South Africa - 57,779,622. ... ', 'Tanzania - 56,318,348. ... ', 'Kenya - 51,393,010. ... ', 'Uganda - 42,723,139. ... ']
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Ebola virus disease is a serious, often fatal condition in humans and nonhuman primates. Ebola is one of several viral hemorrhagic fevers, caused by infection with a virus of the Filoviridae family, genus Ebolavirus.
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Ebola virus disease ( EVD ) is a severe disease caused by Ebola virus, a member of the filovirus family, which occurs in humans and other primates. The disease emerged in 1976 in almost simultaneous outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ) and Sudan (now South Sudan).
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Since October 16, 1975 -- more than 2 years ago -- when a case occurred in Bangladesh, smallpox has been detected only in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, 3 countries which together with Djibouti are linked by the Ogaden Desert to form one epidemiologic unit.
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Crime and violence are widespread throughout Africa. Historically, Sierra Leone and Liberia have had high crime rates, and travelers should be cautious, especially if traveling alone. South Africa has also earned a reputation as dangerous, with carjackings and muggings common.
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The vervet monkey ranges throughout much of Southern and East Africa, being found from Ethiopia, Somalia and extreme southern South Sudan, to South Africa.
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It's likely that the recovery from Ebola varies as much as the incubation period of the virus, which can last anywhere between 2 to 21 days. According to the World Health Organization, a lab worker who contracted Ebola on the job was found to have traces of the virus in his semen 61 days after the initial infection.
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Ebola is a rare but deadly virus that causes fever, body aches, and diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding inside and outside the body. As the virus spreads through the body, it damages the immune system and organs. Ultimately, it causes levels of blood-clotting cells to drop. This leads to severe, uncontrollable bleeding.
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Airborne transmission of Ebola virus has been hypothesized but not demonstrated in humans. Ebola is not spread through the air or by water, or in general, by food. However, in Africa, Ebola may be spread as a result of handling bushmeat (wild animals hunted for food) and contact with infected bats.
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Although canine infection by Ebola virus has never been documented, domestic dogs' behavior and diet place them at risk. We examined whether pet dogs could have been infected by Ebola virus and their potential role as primary or secondary sources of human infection.
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There have been no cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Canada. The first case of EVD was discovered in 1976. The disease is named after the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, there have been several human outbreaks, originating exclusively in Africa.
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Zika outbreaks have been reported in the Pacific region, South and Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, and parts of south and southeast Asia.
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Disease burden In 2018, the region was home to 93% of malaria cases and 94% of malaria deaths. In 2018, 6 countries accounted for more than half of all malaria cases worldwide: Nigeria (25%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12%), Uganda (5%), and Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique and Niger (4% each).
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Ebola virus is a zoonotic pathogen. Intermediary hosts have been reported to be "various species of fruit bats ... throughout central and sub-Saharan Africa". Evidence of infection in bats has been detected through molecular and serologic means.
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Hepatitis C occurs in nearly every part of the world but is most common in some countries in Asia and Africa.