This is an Essay on the book The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. Ebola is a hot virus‚ meaning it is very dangerous‚ and lethally hot. It gets into your body in numerous different ways‚ therefore making it extremely hard to fight against. The diseased virus gets into your body and immediately starts eating all of your tissue. This results in body functions ceasing to work. Your liver shuts down completely‚ leaving toxic wastes floating around in your blood stream. Your blood starts losing
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Ebola? Where is it from and where is it now? Think‚ if I said that there is a virus that can kill every 9 out of 10 people‚ has been around for exactly 40 years‚ and has had two major outbreaks.Would it be true? This disease does exist‚ and it is very lethal. This epidemic is known by many names but mostly known as Ebola. What is Ebola? Ebola is a rare and deadly disease caused by an infection with one of the Ebola virus species. Discovered in 1976 named after the river from where the disease was
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By Richard Preston Links: 1.) Richard Preston: http://richardpreston.net/about-richard-preston 2.) The Hot Zone Reviews: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/book_0695.html 3.) Essay: The Hot Zone is a true story about an Ebola virus outbreak originating in Kenya‚ Africa at Kitum Cave on Mount. Algon. This outbreak happened In the 1990’s‚ which devastated many of the surrounding areas and people found this virus to be spreading to many other placed
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the ebola outbreak happened in the United States. The threat of a widespread virus across the US is very real. With the Zika virus and ebola going on‚ we need to be as prepared as possible here in America. The US is not ready for a pandemic‚ and here are some reasons why. The American hospitals are not ready for a pandemic. In Dallas‚ Texas‚ hospital workers sent a man who had been to an ebola-infected country and had been showing signs of illness‚ home for two days. “The US response to ebola has
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XXXXXXX Professor XXXX English 101 22 September 2014 “The most terrifying thing about Ebola” by Benjamin Hale portrays a darker side of Ebola epidemic which have caused devastating effect in West Africa has become the most deadly killer on the planet affecting thousands of people. Ebola have gained attention for some of the top health organizations raising concerns as one of the fastest killing virus known to human kind. We humans tend to not give up on humanity very easily. It is very well
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Ebola Virus I. Definition of Ebola Virus a. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 b. Ebola virus disease (EVD)‚ formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever‚ is a severe‚ often fatal illness in humans.2 c. Ebola viruses are found in several African countries. d. Spread as a result of handling bush meat (wild animals hunted for food) and contact with infected bats. 1 e. Most human infections result from direct contact with infected
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An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the U.S. for treatment. The freelancer‚ Ashoka Mukpo‚ 33‚ was hired Tuesday to be a second cameraman for NBC News Chief Medical Editor and Correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman. Snyderman is with three other NBC News employees on assignment in Monrovia‚ reporting on the Ebola outbreak. Mukpo came down with symptoms on Wednesday‚ feeling tired and achy. As part of a routine temperature
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host that Ebola lives in‚ or how it jumps from host to host. No one knows exactly where filoviruses come from. Ebola has been occurring in microbreaks in Africa for some time now. A virus doesn’t usually kill it’s natural host because then it couldn’t jump species easily. Ebola is believed to have originated from monkeys in Africa. Ebola virus is named after the Ebola River‚ a tribune of the Congo River. There are three filoviruses: Ebola Zaire‚ Ebola Sudan and Marburg. Ebola Zaire is the
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Suzette Arango-Chavez Professor Wicher English 1301 11:45 A.M. - 12:40 A.M. Cause and Effect 10/31/2014 Ebola: Todays Most Feared Virus or will we survive? Recently our world has been in panic about a contagious virus called Ebola. As more and more people come in contact with this horrible disease‚ we learn more and more about it. We learn where it came from‚ how you can contract the virus‚ and most importantly what might be the cure for it. This disease is quickly spreading around the world. Unsafe
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massive hemorrhages and clotting. This was a deadly disease which could be caught by the person who has it by as easily as it seeping through an open wound. Marburg is a filovirus which can be comprised with two types of viruses called Ebola Zaire and Ebola Sudan. Ebola Zaire is the worst out of the three‚ killing nine out of ten humans who have it. An incident occurred in Reston‚ Virginia where monkeys were being transported from the Philippines to a monkey house. Some of the monkeys started to drop
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