Informative Speech On Ebola Virus

Some of the most deadly killers on this earth are too small to see with the naked eye. I’m talking about microscopic viruses. In my technical reading, I will answer questions about one of the 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 four different strains of Ebola: Sudan (EBOS), Zaire
The Ebola virus was named after the Ebola river in Zaire, Africa after the first outbreak happened in 1976. The virus is structured like a thread or a strand of rope with spikes on each side, visible through an electron microscope. The average length of the surface of the virus is 980 nanometers and usually found all twisted up into a U shape. It can latch onto an organ and replicate and then continue to other organs and repeat the process. Now that we know what the virus looks like and where it came from, it would be smart to learn about how you could get it. The Ebola virus should be treated as a blood borne pathogen because it travels through the blood to get to the organs. Once it reaches organs, it is unknown how it penetrates the cell membranes. But once it is in the cell, in transmits its code to the mRNA and then it continues to replicate itself until it is in control of most of the cells in the organ. Filoviruses mainly attack cells in the lymphatic organs, especially the kidneys and the liver. The massive damage to the liver is a trademark symptom of Ebola. Victims will lose big amounts of blood and also a loss in intravasculer volume. This means the patient will need blood transfusions which will be hard to