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GUIDELINES FOR CONTROL OF EBOLA FEVER IN THE COMMUNITY
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What is Ebola?
• Ebola is a killer disease, which presents with high fever and bleeding tendencies.
Sometimes it may present with more non-specific symptoms like in the Bundibugyo
epidemic.
• It is very infectious, kills in a short time BUT can be prevented.
What are the signs and symptoms of Ebola in the epidemic in Bundibugyo?
• Fever
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Abdominal pain
• Headache
• Measles like rash
• Red eyes
• Bleeding from body openings may or may not be present
How is it spread?
• Ebola is spread through direct physical contact with body fluids like blood, saliva, stool,
vomitus, urine and sweat of an infected person and soiled linen used by a patient.
• Splashing of body fluids from an infected person into the eyes of another person.
• It can also be spread through using skin piercing instruments that have been used by an
infected person.
• The Virus can also be got through contact with persons who have died of Ebola.
• The virus can also be got through eating dead animals especially monkeys that died of Ebola.
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