ProMED, October 24, 2000. Ebola hemorrhagic fever is transmitted by direct contact with an infected person or their body fluids or by contact with objects contaminated with the virus. The incubation period is usually 2 to 21 days. Early symptoms include high fever, myalgias, diarrhea, vomiting, sore throat, rash and conjunctivitis. Hemorrhagic manifestations develop after 3 or 4 days.
Treatment is supportive.
The fatality rate of the disease in Uganda is currently 38.5 percent compared to a 50 to 90 percent fatality rate in the Sudan and Congo. The CDC has not issued an advisory recommending that people avoid travel to the outbreak area. According to the CDC, studies of previous outbreaks suggest that general travelers to outbreak areas are unlikely to contract the disease. WHO Disease Outbreaks Reported, October 25, 2000. The outbreak of Rift Valley Fever that began in September in Saudi Arabia and then spread to Yemen is continuing.