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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]: Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Michael Maddaleni, B.S.;Guillermo Rodriguez Nava, M.D. [2]

Overview

The main risk factors for Ebola virus disease are traveling to endemic areas, to be a health professional taking care of infected patients and researchers working with animal models of the Ebola virus disease.^[1]

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↑ "CDC Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Information Packet" (PDF). April 2010.

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[CDC-1] "CDC Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Information Packet" (PDF). April 2010.

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 ==Overview==
 The main [[risk factors]] for Ebola virus disease are traveling to [[endemic]] areas, to be a health professional taking care of infected [[patients]] and researchers working with animal models of the Ebola virus disease.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = CDC Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Information Packet  | url = http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/Fact_Sheets/Ebola_Fact_Booklet.pdf | year = April 2010 }}</ref>
-== Bioterrorism ==
-A potential risk associated with Ebola is the ability to have it weaponized. Ebola does not have a vaccine associated with it, therefore it would be a good candidate for a major biological attack.
-Because Ebola is lethal and since no approved [[vaccine]] or treatment is available, Ebola is classified as a [[Biosafety Level 4]] agent, as well as a Category A [[bioterrorism]] agent<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hoenen |first=Thomas |authorlink= |coauthors=''et al.'' |year=2006 |month= |title=Ebola virus: unravelling pathogenesis to combat a deadly disease |journal=Trends in Molecular Medicine |volume=12 |issue=5 |pages=206-215 |doi=10.1016/j.molmed.2006.03.006 |url= |accessdate= |quote= }}</ref> and a [[select agent]] by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]].
-Ebola shows potential as a biological weapon because of its lethality but due to its relatively short incubation period it may be more difficult to spread since it may kill its victim before it has a chance to be transmitted, meaning that it would be hard to spread amongst small populations. However, if an outbreak occurred in a city the effects would likely be devastating.
-As a terrorist weapon, Ebola has been considered by members of [[Japan]]'s [[Aum Shinrikyo]] [[cult]], whose leader, [[Shoko Asahara]] led about 40 members to Zaire in 1992 under the guise of offering medical aid to Ebola victims in what was presumably an attempt to acquire a sample of the virus.<ref>{{cite paper |last= |first= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Chronology of Aum Shinrikyo's CBW Activities |version= |publisher=Monterey Institute for International Studies |date= |url=http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/pdfs/aum_chrn.pdf |format= |id= |accessdate= }}</ref>
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