An Ebola confirmed case is defined as a suspected case with a positive laboratory test result for either virus antigen or viral RNA detected by RT-PCR or IgM antibodies against ebola #EbolaOutbreakUG
An Ebola probable case is defined as any person who died from suspected EVD and had an epidemiological link to a confirmed case but was not tested and did not have a laboratory confirmation of the disease #EbolaOutbreakUG
An ebola community case is defined as illness with onset of fever and no response to treatment OR at least one of the following signs: bleeding (from the nose or any other part of the body, bloody diarrhoea, blood in urine) OR any sudden death #EbolaOutbreakUG
An ebola suspect case is defined as any person with a history of fever 38degrees and above with at least history of contact with a suspect, probable or confirmed patient. May also have history of travel to an area with a confirmed outbreak #EbolaOutbreakUG
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