Ebola Virus Ebola is the virus that is currently discussed in the news today because of its deadly outcome and widespread outbreak on the southeastern Guinea communities in West Africa. First identified as the Ebola hemorrhagic fever, the Ebola disease is transported by wild animals yet spread also by human-to-human contact. Sun et al. (2014) stated in The Washington Post that this single virus may infect over 1.4 million people, is classified as an endemic, and could possibly affect other countries
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by ELISA, IFA test, PCR, or by isolating the virus in cell cultur. (3) Signs and Symptoms: After the person is infected, the incubation period can be as short as 2 days or as long as 21 days. Common signs and symptoms can include: weakness, fever, sore throat, dehydration, severe headache, joint and muscle aches, stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and cough. Severe bleeding and coagulation abnormalities, as well as rash may be seen in some patients. (4) Death usually occurs during the second
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First outbreak of Ebola virus disease was in 1976. This uncommon disease was reported in Central Africa in Zaire (WHO, 2014)? Since the discovery of Ebola virus in 1976 the outbreak of Ebola virus was reported in West Africa in March 2014. (WHO 2014). Ebola virus was named after Ebola River which traversed through the affected region. Studies showed that there are five spices of Ebola virus, each single-stranded RNA virus in the filoviridae family. The Bundibugyo, Zaire, and Sudan species have been
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A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates inside of living organisms. viruses can infect all types of living forms from animals humans and other cells and bacteria.There are many harmful viruses in the world however one of the most deadliest virus's known to man is the Ebola virus.The Ebola virus is one of the most difficult to contain or control. It also is one of the fastest killing viruses in the world. I personally have researched other viruses and diseases in the past for
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EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL INTRODUCTION 1. Governments worldwide desire an epidemic free and healthy nation. The outbreak of the highly contagious Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) with fatality rate of up to 90 per cent could become an epidemic if not contained. It is a serious concern to governments since it threatens the health and Well-being of the Citizens (WC) and invariably the National Security (NS) of countries. 2. In the United States
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1- The ebola crisis is getting worse, because the number of reported and predicted cases is increasing by 1.7% exponentially. Also, 102,413,321 people are going to die by December 31. In terms of public health, this is not good because there is a higher chance of people getting infected every day and then spreading it to others, causing a chain. Meaning if one person gets infected the other will and it will continue until everyone is infected. 2- A side of the Epidemiologic Triangle I would recommend
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Brianna Cole Mrs. Wicks Literature and Composition, Period 5 November 10, 2014 Ebola: Are We Ready Ebola is the Human races worse nightmare; a fast and indiscriminate killer that so far we cannot stop. The latest outbreak began when a 2-year-old boy fell ill on December 6, 2013 in Guinea. () Since then the virus have spread across Southern Africa and to other countries throughout the world. As of October 24, 2014 Ebola infected a total of 8 countries including; Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
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Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare, deadly, viral and often-fatal infection. It is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus, by one of the five strains of the Ebola virus. The five Ebola virus species, four of which are known to cause disease in humans: Ebola virus, Sudan virus, Taï Forest virus, and Bundibugyo virus. The fifth, Reston virus, has caused disease in nonhuman primates, but not in humans. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in
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hospital instantly put Austin into quarantine and watched him intensly, until a couple days later he began to vomit, and form a high fever. The doctors confirmed that he had Ebola. After going through many days of treatments and tests, Austin was told told he was being discharged.
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Please click this button to indicate that a screenreader is being used so we may better provide accessible content DEBUNKING TH E MYTHS OF DEBUNKING THE MYTHS OF EBOLA MARK PHILLIPS WESTERN GOVENERS UNIVERSITY LUT1 Debunking The Myths Of Ebola Introduction a. Audience Hook: There seems to be a lot of hysteria about Ebola in the news media. Look at any news source and Ebola is probably on the front page. It makes it seem as though we should be frightened, but
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