deadly virus called Ebola. PREVIEW: First‚ I will give you information about the virus itself. Secondly‚ I will talk about why Americans have every right to live in fear‚ and finally I will tell you how to prevent the spread of this deadly disease. **1st Transition**Now that I have outlined my discussion‚ lets discuss how Ebola was discovered. BODY FIRST POINT: Ebola first appeared in Central Africa in 1976. In this first outbreak‚ 280 of 318 people who contracted Ebola‚ died. That’s an 88%
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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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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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you may have contracted the Ebola virus. Ebola was first discovered in the village of Yambuku(1) near the Ebola River in Zaire. Since its discovery‚ there have been four outbreaks of this disease. There are three known strains‚ of variations of ebola. There is no known cure for this disease(2).Ebola has become one of the most mysterious and feared viruses on the face of this earth. Ebola’s first documented appearance was in Zaire in 1976. Noone knows where ebola comes from or what the original
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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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RESPONSE ARTICLE: IN THE RACE AGAINST TIME‚ MEMBER STATES MUST INCREASE EFFORTS TO STOP EBOLA OUTBREAK In 1976‚ the Ebola virus (named after the Ebola River in Zaire) first emerged in Sudan and Zaire with the first outbreak of Ebola (Ebola-Sudan) infected over 284 people. The disease has a high risk of death‚ killing between 25 percent and 90 percent of those infected with the virus. In March 2014 a major Ebola outbreak in Guinea‚ a western African nation was reported‚ the disease then rapidly spread
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller‚ The Hot Zone‚ written by Richard Preston works with its main goal of educating society on the disturbing topic of the Ebola virus. It attempts and adequately completes its goal to reveal the terrifying truth of the origins of this deadly virus to the whole of society. It is due to the fact that the Ebola Virus is both highly deadly as well as an infectious disease that it comes as no surprise that it is classified as an exotic “hot” virus. While the book takes place
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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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The EBOLA VIRUS Disease Every few years‚ a new pandemic hits the globe and sends shivers down everyone’s spines. The latest one making headlines is the Ebola virus‚ that has infected and killed thousands of people in 5 West African countries‚ since the latest outbreak began in March 2014. So what is this disease that scientists have yet to find a cure for‚ and how do people catch it? Background & History The Ebola virus causes a serious and severe illness which is often deadly if untreated.
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It was 1976 when the Ebola virus first appeared in the Republic of the Congo in a village situated near the Ebola River from which the disease received this name. The Ebola virus is comprised of five distinct species; bundibugyo‚ Ivory Coast‚ Reston‚ Sudan‚ and Zaire. Sudan and Zaire species have been associated with large Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreaks in Africa‚ while the Ivory Coast and Reston species have not. EHF is a febrile hemorrhagic illness which causes death in 25 to 90% of all
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