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Haemorrhagic symptoms soon develop and the victim either starts to improve in the second week or develops multi-organ failure and lapses into a coma. Mortality ranges from 25 to 90 per cent.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebola virus disease is another name for viral haemorrhagic fever. The ebola virus is one of the most virulent micro-organisms known. Like the marburg virus, it belongs to the filovirus group which originates in Africa. 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