fastest killing viruses‚ the Ebola virus. Have you ever wondered how it infects people‚ how the victims are treated‚ and how they are working to control the outbreaks. These are just some of the many questions about this deadly disease that could soon turn into an epidemic. The Ebola virus is a member of the negative strand RNA virus‚ also known as flivoviruses. Filovirus causes hemorrhagic fevers in humans‚ but there are only 2 known members of the filovirus so far; Ebola and Marburg virus. There are
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RESEARCHERS IN THEIR QUEST FOR AN EBOLA CURE? More than 4‚000 people have died from Ebola‚ the majority of them in Western Africa in places such as Liberia‚ Sierra Leone and Guinea. There have been multiple Ebola scares in the United States over the past few months. On Wednesday‚ October 15th‚ President Barack Obama finally spoke out about the Ebola virus. NBC news reported that Obama stated "I want people to understand that the dangers of you contracting Ebola‚ the dangers of a serious outbreak
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Recently in Western Africa‚ in 2014‚ the Ebola epidemic broke out‚ infecting hundreds of millions of Africans‚ while managing to kill nearly half of the patients it infects. This deadly disease has an high mortality rate‚ and causes fever‚ swelling‚ rashes‚ vomiting‚ diarrhea‚ and kidney and liver failure before death. This disease has brought an outpouring of help and support from the Western world‚ mainly from Europe and the United States‚ mainly through the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders
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Emily Hax Alan Cumings English 3200.8 September 30‚ 2014 ABC vs. The Guardian on Ebola Outbreak The ebola outbreak in West Africa is the largest outbreak of ebola ever recorded. The first documented infected area started in Guinea and now has spread from “Guinea to Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Nigeria and Senegal and killed more than 2‚000 people” (ABC) This is a strikingly scary topic in the news today due to the virus’s rapid infection rate and lack of a cure. “ABC World News‚” and “The Guardian”
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by a microscopic molecule‚ Ebola. Ebola is a virus that is spread through the contact of human to human body fluids. It is a very infectious disease as seen in mainly West Africa. As of now‚ in a census done by the Worlds Health Organization‚ 5‚177 people have died in that area of the world as of November 11‚ 2014. The virus is the worst in West Africa but it has spread to other parts of the world including America. From a biological basis the virus is remarkable. Ebola‚ when it invades your body
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Make a brief assessment of the situation by describing the Ebola crisis (is it getting better or worse?) The Ebola outbreak is getting worse. The Ebola disease is spreading to different places and it is all over Africa. The disease keeps being passed through Africa because people get infected and then are scared to go to the hospitals because most people in the hospitals don’t come back so they hide inside their homes and start to infect their family member and then the family members go outside
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II.Application Part 1.Lexical Cohesion 1.1 Repetition In Nkrumah’s article ‚"The Pandora’s Box of Ebola" the writer uses many repetitiones to assert his idea.The word"Ebola" repeats all over the article.In paragraph one lines 2.6.7and 10 and in paragraph two lines 1‚2‚4‚6and7 and paragraph three lines 4 and 5‚and in paragraph four lines 1‚2‚3‚4‚5 and paragraph five lines 1 and 2‚and finally in paragraph eight lines 1‚2‚4 and 6 .Another repeated word is "international".This word is mentioned
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Introduction Ebola virus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever‚ was first recognized in 1976 in Zaire‚ now Democratic Republic of Congo‚ and Sudan. It is named after the river Ebola in Zaire. The virus has five known subtypes named after the location where they were first identified and caused disease: Ebola Sudan‚ Ebola-Bundibugyo‚ Ebola-Zaire‚ Ebola-Ivory Coast and Ebola-Reston. (CDC.gov) Ebola-Reston is the newest subtype and was identified in research macaques imported from Philippines
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Development of a Monovalent Vaccine Based on cAdVax Technology Against Zaire Ebola Virus Offers Hope in Developing a Bivalent Vaccine Against the 2 Deadliest Strains Microbial Genetics BT405 Thomas Jefferson University December 15‚ 2010 Development of a Monovalent Vaccine Based on cAdVax Technology Against Zaire Ebola Virus Offers Hope in Developing a Bivalent Vaccine Against the 2 Deadliest Strains Ebola viruses are a group of highly pathogenic filoviruses that cause outbreaks of severe
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In class‚ we got a chance to discuss Ebola in the U.S. and in Africa. Certainly‚ the U.S. has fewer cases and deaths due to Ebola than countries all over Africa. In addition to the lecture by Haneefa Saleem‚ we learned about what the Ebola virus is‚ its history‚ the effect it has on people and their communities‚ and the world’s perception of the virus. Thankfully‚ the U.S. does not have to experience the effects of living through an Ebola epidemic because of the certain precautions taken when a case
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