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As of 30 November 2014, this outbreak has 17,145 reported cases resulting in 6,405 deaths.
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The virus spreads by direct contact with blood or other body fluids of an infected human or other animal.
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The disease has a high risk of death, killing between 25 percent and 90 percent of those infected with the virus, averaging out at 50 percent.
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Signs and symptoms typically start between two days and three weeks
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. Signs and symptoms typically start between two days and three weeks after contracting the virus as a fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. Then, vomiting, diarrhea and rash usually follow, along with decreased function of the liver and kidneys.
