Another source of chest pain is the esophagus, the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach. Acid backing up (refluxing) from the stomach into the esophagus causes pain that can mimic a heart disorder, as can spasms of the esophagus.
Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%.
How Ebola Kills: What The Deadly Virus Does To The Human Body. The Ebola virus was first detected in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 1976. It has resulted in at least 4,493 deaths this year in West Africa, where the deadliest outbreak of the virus is underway. Fever, vomiting, a raised rash and weight loss. These are the familiar symptoms of Ebola, a deadly virus currently wreaking havoc across West Africa. But what Ebola does to the human body at a molecular level is far more disturbing. The virus is a gruesome and meticulous killer â a microscopic Patrick Bateman.