Viral Hemorrhagic Fever and Ebola River

Ebola is one of the most deadly infectious diseases that we have discovered and researched. Its full name is Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. This disease is caused by several Ebola viruses (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever). It was discovered in 1976 and named after the Ebola River in Northern Congo, where it was first found (Rupp 48). There are 4 species of Ebola which are Ivory Coast ebolavirus, Reston ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus, and Zaire ebolavirus (WHO). Ebola is part of the group of diseases called viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF). All viral hemorrhagic fevers begin with fever and muscle aches. Ebola is put in the Filoviridae family. It occurs in humans and other primates in whom there have been fifteen hundred cases identified, 80% of which have died from the disease (Ebola). It is most common in Central America and causes death in 50-90% of all clinically ill patients (WHO). When magnified several thousand times by a microscope, Ebola looks like threads (filaments) (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever). Ebola is a disease that breaks you down from the inside out. It 's frightening and deadly. Ebola brings gruesome symptoms. At first the disease is less intense with sudden fever, weakness, muscle pain, headaches, and sore throat. But it progresses into a vicious disease causing vomiting, diarrhea, rash, limited kidney and liver functions and sometimes both internal and external bleeding and shock from such blood loss (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever). Other sources report massive internal bleeding (Rupp 48), chills, nausea (Interim Guidance For Humanitarian Workers), intense weakness, low counts of white blood cells and platelets as well as liver enzymes (WHO), uncontrolled vomiting, dizziness, trouble breathing, bleed from nose, mouth, and rectum, joint aches, and bloody diarrhea, muscle/joint/abdominal pain, severe weakness/exhaustion (Ebola). Symptoms often appear suddenly and the fever is usually at least one hundred one degrees Fahrenheit (thirty eight point eight degrees

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