Is it COVID-19 or Ebola? [2020]

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• Alternative Title:
  Is it COVID-19 or Ebola? [2020] [English]
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  COVID-19 is a viral respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2: • The disease was first detected in late 2019 and is present worldwide. • Although most healthy people will develop mild to moderate disease, up to one in five young adults with COVID-19 may require hospitalization.
  
  Zbola is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with an ebolavirus. Four species of the virus can cause disease in humans. • It was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. • Without any treatment, 70-90% of people infected with Zaire ebolavirus will die.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Ebolavirus Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola SARS-CoV-2
• Keywords:
  Ebola Ebola Virus Ebola Virus Disease Orthoebolavirus
• Series:
  Is it COVID-19 or Ebola?
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
• Division:
  DHCPP - Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions ; Global Health
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:89a597fc248d087cc23642f44c2e0eb466ef4bf40e0364ead0eb171582fcee3f42a32b96f1c898971e04eecc41a2b094c3caf2206995d8208fd4c1ea25500bec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105179/cdc_105179_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.86 MB ]