viruses‚ arena viruses‚ flaviruses‚ and bunya viruses are the viruses responsible for causing viral hemorrhagic fevers. All the forms of viral hemorrhagic fever begin with the fever and the muscle aches. These diseases usually progress until the patient becomes very ill with respiratory problems‚ severe bleeding‚ kidney malfunctions‚ and shock. The conclusions of the viral hemorrhagic fever can range from the mild illness to death. The Ebola virus spreads through the blood and is replicated in organs
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Estelle Nedermeijer Professor: A. Hoag English Proficiency 1‚ 1b 18 October 2011 The importance of minor character in “Roman Fever” by Wharton. Roman Fever is a story which was written by Edith Wharton in 1934. The story is divided in two parts and tells of the interactions of two women of high society. The story is mostly concentrated on the two major characters Mrs. Slanders and Mrs. Ansley. However there are minor characters that also play an important role. The two minor characters
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Within Richard Preston’s‚ The Hot Zone‚ the very real threats posed by the deadly viruses of Marburg and Ebola Reston is brought to attention through the “terrifying true story”. In the first chapter‚ Charles Monet is introduced as a man with a little too much free time and works at the pump house at the sugar factory within near the base of Mt. Elgon. One day in 1980‚ he takes a female friend to Kitum Cave‚ and it is believed that this is the day he caught the Marburg virus. The first symptoms include
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America’s Greatest Fear The Ebola virus was discovered in the late 1970s by the international community as the causative agent of major outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Africa’s Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan (Vasilyevich IV‚ et al. 2005). Immediately‚ the International scientific teams moved in to deal with these highly virulent epidemics where their findings revealed that the transmission had exponentially ceased; however‚ the team could not reconstruct a considerable
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are chances that the person may get infected by the disease. Once infected‚ the symptoms a person shows are Rash Red eyes Sore throat Cough Chest pain Difficulty in breathing and swallowing These symptoms are followed by: Headache Fever Weakness Diarrhea and vomiting Lack of appetite In certain cases‚ internal as well as external bleeding was
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the CDC Special Pathogens web site http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola.htm Then click on the menu button Ebola Hemorragic Fever Distribution Map Where do most of the Ebola outbreaks seem to occur? Most seem to occur in the Congo and Uganda. Now go back to the first page and click on Information on Ebola hemorrhagic fever Read through this fact sheet. What did you find interesting about Ebola? I found it interesting that Ebola has no carrier stat and because of the
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Ebola in Sub-Sahara Africa Source: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgsy8RUj31r98we1o1_500.jpg History of Ebola • Ebola is a virus‚ also called Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever • Named after a river in the Democractic Republic of the Congo‚ formerly known as Zaire‚ in Africa‚ where it was first recognized in 1976. • It belongs to a family of RNA viruses called Filoviridae • Four identified subtypes in Africa: Zaire‚ Sudan‚ Ivory Coast and Bundibugyo‚ each named after the region in which they occurred
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inside of the blood vessels. This increases permeability of the blood vessels‚ leading to blood leaking out of the vessels. The virus causes interference in the body’s ability to coagulate and thicken a person’s blood. Symptoms of this disease include fever‚ severe headache‚ muscle pain‚ weakness‚ diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ abdominal pain‚ and unexplained hemorrhaging. These symptoms may appear anywhere between 2-21 days after exposure‚ but manifestation of symptoms usually averages around 8-10 days after exposure
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Analysis of the poem “Sea Fever” by John Masefield The poem is about a person whose intense desire is to return to the sea. The person or the speaker has been to the sea before and the repetition of the line “I must go down to the seas again” in every stanza‚ brings out the speaker’s longing to experience sea life again. The speaker wants only a star to guide his tall ship‚ with the sails moving to the wind thereby wishing for a solitary life‚ with only nature taking control in directing him. “And
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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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