{"id":21327,"date":"2014-05-29T11:35:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T11:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=21327"},"modified":"2014-05-29T11:36:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T11:36:16","slug":"ebola-outbreak-medics-travel-to-eastern-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/ebola-outbreak-medics-travel-to-eastern-sierra-leone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola outbreak: Medics travel to eastern Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"
International medical aid teams are to arrive in eastern Sierra Leone to try to deal with an outbreak of the deadly and highly contagious Ebola virus.<\/p>\n
The experts are from the World Health Organization and the Doctors Without Borders charity.<\/p>\n
This comes after six suspected Ebola patients were taken out of hospitals by their families, defying doctors. One of the patients later died amid fears that the virus could spread, a local health official said.<\/p>\n
Nearly 200 people have died of Ebola in West Africa since an outbreak was first reported in Guinea in March. There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola – one of the world’s deadliest viruses.<\/p>\n
Ebola virus disease (EVD)<\/p>\n
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Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and central nervous system damage<\/em><\/li>\n
Fatality rate can reach 90%<\/em><\/li>\n
Incubation period is two to 21 days<\/em><\/li>\n
There is no vaccine or cure<\/em><\/li>\n
Supportive care such as rehydrating patients who have diarrhoea and vomiting can help recovery<\/em><\/li>\n
Fruit bats are considered to be the natural host of the virus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n