What is Ebola Disease?
2024
This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers general information about Ebola disease, including information on transmission, prevention, therapeutics, and the emergence of ebolaviruses. Users can also explore the history of Ebola outbreaks and view details for major Ebola outbreaks that have occurred worldwide since 1976.
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What is Ebola Disease? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/about.html.
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