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Ebola hemorrhagic fever is prevalent in West Africa.

Ebola hemorrhagic fever is prevalent centering on Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia of West Africa in March, 2014 and afterwards. In connection with this, the infection dangerous information about a generating country is taken out from this country Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is the infection by an Ebola virus, and when it touches directly the blood, the humors, those contaminants, and viral infection animal of those in whom it was infected by the virus and condition has appeared, the danger of infection produces it. Diarrhea, vomiting, a rash, a stomachache, bleeding (vomiting blood, blood in the stool), etc. produce condition after fever, headache, an arthritic pain, muscular pain, a pain in the throat, etc. At present, there is neither a vaccine nor a special cure.
The people with the necessity for the voyage to West Africa should be careful of the information on a spot enough. Please perform fundamental sanitary requirements, such as a restroom, certainly. Moreover, please do not touch the blood, the humors, those contaminants, and viral infection animal of the infected person.
In quarantine stations all over the country, health condition etc. are quarantined on the occasion of this country entrance into a country from the onset country of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Please correspond appropriately.

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Please refer to the following site for details.
The text was also quoted from the following site.

Quarantine station, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare,  FORTH.
http://www.forth.go.jp/
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.  About Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Overseas safe homepage.
http://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/
National Institute of Infectious Diseases.  Infection information.
http://www.nih.go.jp/niid/ja/diseases/alphabet/mers.html

October 21, 2014

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