Ebola Ebola hemorrahagic fever is a 20 year old virus that‚ with a mortality rate of 50% to 90%‚ is one of the world’s deadliest viruses. Its causative organism is called Ebola virus. Ebola virus is a member of filoviridae‚ a family of negative-strained RNA viruses. The filoviridae family consists of five known members‚ Marburg‚ Ebola Zaire‚ Ebola Sudan‚ Ebola Reston‚ and Ebola Tai. Ebola virus is spread in a number of ways. An outbreak starts when an infected animal or insect‚ called a
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fluids. Symptoms of Ebola virus disease The incubation period‚ that is‚ the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms is 2 to 21 days. Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms. First symptoms are the sudden onset of fever fatigue‚ muscle pain‚ headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting‚ diarrhoea‚ rash‚ symptoms of impaired kidney and liver function‚ and in some cases‚ both internal and external bleeding (e.g. oozing from the gums‚ blood in the stools).
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The Filoviridae family of viruses is where the Ebola virus belongs. The virus is distinguished by long filamentous structure which can present as straight‚ branched‚ and circular or a folded strand with a uniform diameter of approximately 80 nm but can be many different lengths. Liver cells‚ neutrophils‚ endothelial cells and macrophages are specifically targeted by the virus. Large quantities of cytokines are created by infected cells which solicits a large response from the immune system and interrupts
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Period 6 “Outbreak” Movie Assignment: 1. The mercenary camp in the Motaba River Valley of Zaire was bombed in 1967 because in 1967‚ Motaba‚ a fictional deadly viral hemorrhagic fever‚ is discovered in a mercenary camp in Zaire and kept it as a top secret; two soldiers ordered the camp to be boomed to cover up the discovery and to stop the outbreak of the disease. 2. No‚ I would have removed all the people and disinfected all of
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will show you a little bit of everything from the decade‚ beginning with the “Fads.” The film Saturday Night Fever in 1977‚ starring John Travolta emphasized the discotheque of the 70s. John Travolta’s acting career got bigger after the movie and he later went on to act in “Grease” of 1978. Grease was one of the biggest musicals and is still known today. The soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever was the 1st Best Selling Soundtrack of that year‚ followed by Grease. Fashion wasn’t as big in the 1970’s
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Gr.3 Written grammar presentation based on “Fever Pitch” by Nick Hornby The use of all (of)‚ whole‚ every‚ each “Fever Pitch” is probably the best football book ever written and one that revolves around the way the obsession about football influences the narrator’s life and personality. The book is an autobiography that is
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discovered in 1976. Ebola is a viral disease caused by virus called Ebola which is named after the Ebola River in Zaire. “Ebola virus‚ having five known subtypes‚ is part of the family of filoviruses and causes the infectious disease Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Tekman)”. According to WHO‚ a total of 9216 confirmed‚ probable‚ and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in seven affected countries (Guinea‚ Liberia‚ Nigeria‚ Senegal‚ Sierra Leone‚ Spain‚ and the United States Of America
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The Hot Zone In the book the Hot Zone‚ by Richard Preston‚ the first few pages are introducing the reader into the world of contagious hot agents by going through the biosaftey procedures to access level 4. In part one‚ Charles Monet a fifty-six year old Frenchman living in western Kenya on the lands of the Nzoia Sugar Factory is introduced‚ but as his story continues he finds himself greatly ill by some unknown virus. It began shortly after a visit with a friend to Kitum Cave. Of course
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Summary Richard Preston’s Hot Zone is a horrific narration of the origin of filoviruses and their encounter with humans. These viruses include Marburg virus (MARV)‚ Ebola virus (EBOV) and Sudan virus (SUDV). They are also known as Biosafety Level 4 agents because they are extremely dangerous to humans and have no treatments or cure. Section 1: The Shadow of Mount Elgon This section details Charles Monet’s visit to Kitum cave‚ which is located in Mount Elgon‚ Kenya. During this trip‚ Monet
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virus is known as Reston-Ebola and was identified in1989 when it infected monkeys that were being imported to Reston‚ Virginia from Philippines. The virus also has infected some of the patients‚ but the patients did not develop the Ebola hemorrhagic fever. The fourth subtype had occurred during 1994 when an ethnologist was during a necropsy on a dead chimpanzee. The ethnologist accidentally infected herself while she was performing the necropsy on the chimpanzee. Ebola has become more prevalent
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