July 30, 2007

Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever

The Ebola virus was first identified in a western equatorial province of Sudan and in a nearby region of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1976 after significant epidemics in Yambuku, northern Zaire, and Nzara, southern Sudan.
Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is one of the most virulent viral diseases known to humankind, causing death [...]