Ebola virus disease case definition box

A person under investigation (PUI) for Ebola virus disease (EVD) meets the following criteria:^[1]

Signs or symptoms compatible with EVD (eg, subjective fever/elevated body temperature, headache, fatigue, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea)

AND

An epidemiologic risk factor for EVD^[2] within 21 days of symptom onset (eg, travel to a country with widespread Ebola virus transmission, proximity to a person with symptomatic EVD)

A confirmed case of EVD requires laboratory-confirmed diagnostic evidence of Ebola virus infection

References:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Case Definition for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), updated November 14, 2014. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/healthcare-us/evaluating-patients/case-definition.html (Accessed on January 15, 2018).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Epidemiologic Risk Factors to Consider when Evaluating a Person for Exposure to Ebola Virus, updated May 28, 2015. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/exposure/risk-factors-when-evaluating-person-for-exposure.html (Accessed on January 15, 2018).

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