ultimately kills its human host. So far‚ there is no cure for AIDS‚ and most unfortunately the numbers of deaths from AIDS only continues to grow. However‚ another virus has gained much public and national attention. That virus is called Ebola. It is thought that Ebola ’s effect on humans is restricted to Zaire‚ Africa. Viruses that kill people in large masses is a major threat to mankind; the only hopes of destroying the viruses is dependent upon technology. AIDS is a deadly disease
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fastest killing viruses‚ the Ebola virus. Have you ever wondered how it infects people‚ how the victims are treated‚ and how they are working to control the outbreaks. These are just some of the many questions about this deadly disease that could soon turn into an epidemic. The Ebola virus is a member of the negative strand RNA virus‚ also known as flivoviruses. Filovirus causes hemorrhagic fevers in humans‚ but there are only 2 known members of the filovirus so far; Ebola and Marburg virus. There are
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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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RESEARCHERS IN THEIR QUEST FOR AN EBOLA CURE? More than 4‚000 people have died from Ebola‚ the majority of them in Western Africa in places such as Liberia‚ Sierra Leone and Guinea. There have been multiple Ebola scares in the United States over the past few months. On Wednesday‚ October 15th‚ President Barack Obama finally spoke out about the Ebola virus. NBC news reported that Obama stated "I want people to understand that the dangers of you contracting Ebola‚ the dangers of a serious outbreak
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Recently in Western Africa‚ in 2014‚ the Ebola epidemic broke out‚ infecting hundreds of millions of Africans‚ while managing to kill nearly half of the patients it infects. This deadly disease has an high mortality rate‚ and causes fever‚ swelling‚ rashes‚ vomiting‚ diarrhea‚ and kidney and liver failure before death. This disease has brought an outpouring of help and support from the Western world‚ mainly from Europe and the United States‚ mainly through the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders
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Emily Hax Alan Cumings English 3200.8 September 30‚ 2014 ABC vs. The Guardian on Ebola Outbreak The ebola outbreak in West Africa is the largest outbreak of ebola ever recorded. The first documented infected area started in Guinea and now has spread from “Guinea to Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Nigeria and Senegal and killed more than 2‚000 people” (ABC) This is a strikingly scary topic in the news today due to the virus’s rapid infection rate and lack of a cure. “ABC World News‚” and “The Guardian”
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by a microscopic molecule‚ Ebola. Ebola is a virus that is spread through the contact of human to human body fluids. It is a very infectious disease as seen in mainly West Africa. As of now‚ in a census done by the Worlds Health Organization‚ 5‚177 people have died in that area of the world as of November 11‚ 2014. The virus is the worst in West Africa but it has spread to other parts of the world including America. From a biological basis the virus is remarkable. Ebola‚ when it invades your body
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Make a brief assessment of the situation by describing the Ebola crisis (is it getting better or worse?) The Ebola outbreak is getting worse. The Ebola disease is spreading to different places and it is all over Africa. The disease keeps being passed through Africa because people get infected and then are scared to go to the hospitals because most people in the hospitals don’t come back so they hide inside their homes and start to infect their family member and then the family members go outside
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II.Application Part 1.Lexical Cohesion 1.1 Repetition In Nkrumah’s article ‚"The Pandora’s Box of Ebola" the writer uses many repetitiones to assert his idea.The word"Ebola" repeats all over the article.In paragraph one lines 2.6.7and 10 and in paragraph two lines 1‚2‚4‚6and7 and paragraph three lines 4 and 5‚and in paragraph four lines 1‚2‚3‚4‚5 and paragraph five lines 1 and 2‚and finally in paragraph eight lines 1‚2‚4 and 6 .Another repeated word is "international".This word is mentioned
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Development of a Monovalent Vaccine Based on cAdVax Technology Against Zaire Ebola Virus Offers Hope in Developing a Bivalent Vaccine Against the 2 Deadliest Strains Microbial Genetics BT405 Thomas Jefferson University December 15‚ 2010 Development of a Monovalent Vaccine Based on cAdVax Technology Against Zaire Ebola Virus Offers Hope in Developing a Bivalent Vaccine Against the 2 Deadliest Strains Ebola viruses are a group of highly pathogenic filoviruses that cause outbreaks of severe
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