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Ebola virus disease (EVD or Ebola) is a rare but severe illness in humans. It is often fatal.

People get infected with Ebola by touching:

  • infected animals when preparing, cooking or eating them
  • body fluids of an infected person such as saliva, urine, faeces or semen
  • things that have the body fluids of an infected person like clothes or sheets.

For further information, latest update or advice, please click NHS Choices