According to the Ebola Response Roadmap (2014), their objective is to halt the spread of Ebola within 6 to 9 months; ultimately preventing the Ebola virus from being spread internationally. Due the rapid transmission rate of Ebola in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, WHO launched an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan on July 31, 2014. It has been reported that over 3,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Virus and 1,400 people have died; many of them being volunteer healthcare workers
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Marburg disease is a very rare but severe hemorrhagic fever. It can affect either human or animals. Marburg HF is caused by Marburg virus, a genetically unique zoonotic (or, animal-borne) RNA virus of the filo virus family. The five species of Ebola virus are the only other known members of the filo virus family (Bausch DG, 2008). 31 people became ill after the first outbreak in laboratories of Marburg and Frankfort Germany in 1967. Reported death was total of seven. The first people infected had
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of several related viruses that form virions also known as filamentous infectious viral particles and encode their genome in a single stranded RNA. Filoviruses are the viruses responsible for causing viral hemorrhagic fevers. Symptoms of a viral hemorrhagic fever begin with fever and muscle aches. Four of these ebolavirus strains can cause the disease in humans and all five can cause disease in primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys (CDC, 2014). The strains have been named for the
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Tristan Morrow Mr.Winger English 7 10/23/14 Ebola There are many threats to America. One of those threats is contagious diseases. Although Ebola is a contagious disease, there will never be a large outbreak in the United States because it is not spread easily, America has an advanced medical infrastructure and a government system to combat such attacks. Ebola is not spread easily. One of the reason Ebola is difficult to transmit is because it is not airborne. According to Dr. Peter Hotez, dean
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have to deal with unemployment, loss of food stability, and many more challenges to living a happy life. Ebola’s victims usually die during a short two week period. These last two weeks are not pleasant ones. Common symptoms are coughing up blood, fever, trouble breathing, headaches, eye redness, and other things which would make anyone unhappy. The first Ebola outbreak
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No matter what situation you find yourself facing, you will always know that however the outcome, you can always find valuable lessons from the crisis at hand. This is exactly the case with Hot zone by Richard Preston. Hot Zone is full of many different crises that could have possibly lead to horrendous outcomes. These crises all had the potential to end with a positive outcome or all hell could have broken loose. The Ebola virus especially has the potential to kill hundreds, if not thousands, if
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clothing has been provided for the people in Africa. You have to avoid coming in contact with infected people. You have wear protective covers over your eyes. Clothing and clinical waste must be incinerated or decontaminated. Symptoms include high fever, bleeding, and nervous system damage. Spread by body fluids, such as blood, and saliva. Incubation period is 21 days. They say by January 2015 they will have the vaccines. Ebola is a serious infectious disease, and can be fatal. People can get the
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Ebola and Influenza are two of the most deadly viral diseases; both diseases come from viruses that can have a detrimental effect to the human body. The modes of transmission and spread of the viruses are what make it most dangerous. According to the World Health Organisation (2012) Ebola has an extremely high fatality rate of 25 – 90% and Influenza kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people each year. Even though these two viral diseases share many similarities they differ on the type & structure
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Symptoms are easily dismissed as common symptoms of the flu or other relatively tame conditions: the early symptoms include headaches, fever, sore throat, and body aches (World Health Organization 2018). As the disease progress, a patient may begin experiencing gastrointestinal issues such as diarrhea and vomiting, and then organ failure ensues, usually targeting the renal system and liver
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Ebola is in infectious and frequently fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding,spread through contact with infected body fluids by a filovirus. Ebola virus is an aggressive pathogen that causes a highly lethal hemorrhagic fever syndrome in humans and nonhuman primates. Maintaining oxygen status and blood pressure is the treatment for not getting ebola .Ebola infection develop antibodies that last for at least 10 years, possibly longer. It is not known if people who recover are immune
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