An Overview Of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
February 13, 2018
Ebola virus disease (EVD), more commonly referred to as Ebola, is a rare and severe illness that can often be fatal. On average EVD fatalities is a result of fifty percent of all cases. However, case fatality rates range between twenty-five and ninety percent in previous outbreaks of EVD. The first recorded breakout of EVD was during 1976 in a village near the Ebola River, which is where the disease dawned the name ‘ebola virus disease.’ But the most recent outbreak throughout 2014 and 2016 was the most substantial and complicated outbreak since the initial discovery of the disease.