Q: What are the symptoms of Ebola?
A. The CDC lists the following symptoms:
- Fever (greater than 38.6°C or 101.5°F)
- Severe headache
- Muscle pain
- Weakness
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Abdominal (stomach) pain
- Unexplained hemorrhage (bleeding or bruising)
Symptoms may appear anywhere from 2 to 21 days after exposure to Ebola, but the average is 8 to 10 days.
...The Ebola virus itself isn’t what kills people – the immune system’s reaction does. For more on that, please read Ebola: How it Kills May Surprise You.
Q: How is Ebola transmitted?
A: Here’s where things get tricky.....
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