Ebola virus disease

ABSTRACT

The Ebola virus disease [formerly called Ebola hemorrhagic fever] is a serious and often fatal disease in humans. Since March, 2014, Ebola virus diseases are reported in Guinea. The outbreak spread then to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and neighboring countries. The continuation of the spread of the virus, the intensity of transmission at the community level and at the level of healthcare as well as the weakness of health systems in the countries currently affected and those most exposed to the risk make this disease a threat justifying a mobilization of the international community. In this development the authors recall the epidemiological context that has characterized the Ebola epidemic, the mode of transmission of the virus, the main events clinical and biological, the principles of support for suspected or confirmed cases and emphasize individual and collective protection measures adapted to this highly contagious disease