The Ebola Virus INTRODUCTION The most deadly killers on this earth are too small to see with the naked eye. These microscopic predators are viruses. In my report‚ I will answer many basic questions concerning one of the fastest killing viruses‚ the Ebola virus. Questions such as "How does it infect its victims?"‚ "How are Ebola victims treated?"‚ "How are Ebola outbreaks controlled?" and many others related to this deadly virus. GENERAL INFORMATION The Ebola virus is a member of the negative
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Ebola Virus Thesis Statement: The deadly virus Ebola is killing thousands of innocent people worldwide‚ but there are some simple steps that are being taken to prevent this coming tide of deadly parasites Outbreaks 1976 outbreak 1995 outbreak First two outbreaks What is Ebola? The Ebola virus in general Symptoms Transmission What is to blame? Poor facilities are impart to blame Poor governmental operation Chimpanzees are the suspected hosts Prevention and what it helping More money
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that encourages innovation and professionalism among the virus hunters? Answer: 1. Vincent Weafer’s involves following techniques that encourage innovation and professionalism among the virus hunters: Firstly‚ he divided work into smaller and specialized groups to increase the coefficient of efficiency. Secondly‚ to attain professionalism he focuses on efficiency by using technical skills that help the virus hunters recognize any virus with less time. He involves very smart and creative business
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rabies virus is in the family Rhabdoviridae in the Mononegavirale order of viruses. The rabies virus is usually bullet-shaped and is made of a long single-stranded spiral chain of RNA. The virus envelope is made of matrix protein and is studded with glycoproteins. 3. People usually contract rabies after they are bitten by an animal that has been infected with the rabies virus‚ though it has been shown that in rare cases rabies can infect people who just touch infected animals. The virus spreads
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Ebola Virus Ebola virus (EBOV) is considered to be one of the most belligerent contagious agents and has an ability to cause highly fatal hemorrhagic fever syndrome that results in human and non-human primate’s death (NHPs) during the days of exposure. The first notification of the virus was mentioned in the Ebola River valley in Zaire for the time of an outburst in 1976. Moreover‚ the outbursts have appeared in Africa over the following 27 years‚ with death rates that differ from 50 to 90%. In
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Virus Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? a. Viruses are not able to move by themselves. b. Viruses are not able to reproduce by themselves. c. Viruses are not structurally organized. d. Viruses are nonliving particles. e. Viruses contain instructions to manufacture themselves. ____ 2. Which of the following is FALSE? a. The outer coats of all viruses are alike. b. The
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Introduction to Management Managing the Virus Hunters “Imagine what life would be like if your product were never finished‚ if your work were never done‚ if your market shifted 30 times a day. The computervirus hunters at Symantec Corp. don’t have to imagine. That’s the reality of their daily work life. At the company’s Response Lab in Santa Monica‚ California‚ described as the “dirtiest of all our networks at Symantec”‚ software analysts collect viruses and other suspicious code and try
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Dengue virus is an epidemic facing many Asian countries. Although the current topic of discussion among health professionals is a possible outbreak of avian flu among humans‚ the dengue virus kills hundreds every year in the same region (ONE). This epidemic is not one that faces easy fixes‚ in fact there is no vaccine for the dengue virus. In this paper I will discuss and explain how the dengue virus poses a great threat to the region and how it plagues the lives of thousands of people in Asia.
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2014 Fear of the Ebola Virus The Ebola virus was discovered in the 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Ebola virus—previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever—has been typically a disease of Central Africa‚ which it was until recently. There are five different confirmed strains of the virus. There is the Zaire Ebola‚ the Sudan‚ the Tai Forest‚ Bundibugyo virus‚ each of which can affect humans. The fifth strain‚ the Reston virus‚ has only caused disease
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The function of a capsid‚ in virus biology‚ is to serve as a protective outer layer that protects the genetic material of the virus from the host’s defensive cells. The capsid is made up of proteins. The nucleic acid is what is contained within the capsid‚ which is a group of long‚ linear macromolecules‚ consisting of either DNA or RNA. There are two different cycles in which the virus uses a host cell to replicate and reproduce itself. These two cycles are known as the lytic cycle‚ and the lysogenic
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