EBOLA

WHAT IS EBOLA?

• Ebola is a disease that is deadly.
• Transmitted by animals and spread from human to human contact.
• The virus enters the body through contact with blood, body fluids & other contact with contaminants

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

• No one knows for sure where Ebola came from.
• Some experts say bats found in West Africa are the carriers of the virus.
• Some say that the virus came from infected monkeys.
• The disease is transferred to humans when 'bush meat' is eaten or touched.

EBOLA FACTS

• Thousands of people have died in Africa because of Ebola.
• People who are infected with Ebola must be kept away from others to stop the spread of the disease.
• Ebola gets its name from the Ebola River in the Republic of Congo.
• Symptoms are fever, headache, joint and muscles, weakness, bleeding in the body and sore throat.
• It was first seen in 1976 in a village on the river.

SOURCES

• www.kidshealth.org>parents> infections
• www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/
• www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/