Ebola differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.

Differentiationg Ebola from other Diseases

Before an outbreak is suspected, these early symptoms are easily mistaken for;

• Dysentery

• Influenza
• Malaria
• Marburg virus
• Typhoid fever
• Various bacterial infections

These are all far more common and reliably less fatal.

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