the occurring problem we have with the virus Ebola and what you can do to stay safe on your journey to where ever it is you are traveling to. The first step is to inform you what Ebola is and what you can do to prevent from getting it. 1. 1. A filovirus that causes disease in humans and nonhuman primates and spreads through contact with bodily fluids of infected people and animals. Bats are thought to be the host reservoir for the virus. Also called Ebola virus. An acute‚ usually fatal form of hemorrhagic
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Orly Villalonga 11/09/2014 Ebola Virus Ebola hemorrhagic fever‚ or Ebola for short‚ has caused many socio-cultural‚ political‚ and economic implications throughout the world. There have been many diseases and viruses throughout history that have caused turmoil and have changed the way the world functions. However‚ what makes this disease so detrimental is through the way that it is passed and the health implications it has on an individual with the disease. Although Ebola has been around since 1976
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Ebola Outbreak Timeline http://www.newsday.com/news/world/theebolacrisis15importantmomentsin20141. 9454173 December 6th‚ 2013: A twoyearold child died in Meliandou in southern Guinea and was later identified as "patient zero". The virus remained localized until February 2014‚ when a healthcare worker in a neighboring province died. First ebola patient ‚ the outbreak started with patient zero contaminated two more people which caught the attention of the general public once r
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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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Ebola is the name of a group of viruses belonging to the genus Ebolavirus‚ family Filoviridae‚ and for the disease that these viruses cause‚ Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Ebola‚ and its close relative Marburg are unique in the microbiological world in that they are the only viruses that are long and stretched‚ resembling pieces of string or as "spaghetti that had spilled onto the floor‚" as stated by author Richard Preston of the non-fictional book "The Hot Zone." that a sample of Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus
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Today I will be talking about Infectious diseases and I will focus more on the topic about Ebola‚ the deadliest disease known to man. The Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe‚ often fatal illness to humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks. The time interval from infection with the virus to
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2013 Ebola‚ The Lethal Virus Ebola has made its mark on the world over the past three decades. Since the first Ebola outbreak in 1976‚ numerous countries have come together in order to solve the mystery of the history of Ebola. Within a matter of days of symptoms presenting‚ the victims die an unimaginable death. Ebola is one of the most lethal viruses known to man with only one in every ten infected surviving (1). Key factors in understanding Ebola are its history
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Ebola virus is back‚ this time in West Africa‚ with over 350 cases and a 69% case fatality ratio at the time of this writing (Baize). The culprit is the Zaire ebola virus species‚ the most lethal Ebola virus known‚ with case fatality ratios up to 90%. The epicenter and site of first introduction is the region of Guéckédou in Guinea ’s remote southeastern forest region‚ spilling over into various other regions of Guinea as well as to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. News of this outbreak engenders
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Sara Nostrant The Ebola in Our Everything Spoofs in the mass media are for the purpose of making light in topics found in films‚ videos‚ political issues‚ or songs by exaggerating the issue with comedy. Spoofs take the form of videos‚ and sometimes even pictures that touch up on humorous or even tough topics. In 2014‚ Saturday Night Live took on the task of making Ebola‚ a fatal virus‚ funny to the mass media. Saturday Night Live took the popular romantic comedy “The Fault in Our Stars” and
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Ebola Virus- A Detailed Study Ebola Virus is the newest virus which has become epidemic in West Africa and it is being that it is spreading throughout the world as people coming from that region are becoming carriers of the virus. Going into the history if this virus‚ this virus was first detected in 1976‚ when it occurred simultaneously in the regions of Nzada‚ Sudan and Yambuku in Democratic Republic of Congo. It got its name from the Ebola River that flowed near the Yambuku village. As
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