In class‚ we got a chance to discuss Ebola in the U.S. and in Africa. Certainly‚ the U.S. has fewer cases and deaths due to Ebola than countries all over Africa. In addition to the lecture by Haneefa Saleem‚ we learned about what the Ebola virus is‚ its history‚ the effect it has on people and their communities‚ and the world’s perception of the virus. Thankfully‚ the U.S. does not have to experience the effects of living through an Ebola epidemic because of the certain precautions taken when a case
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Is Ebola only deadly to the poorest? The whole world is at edge knowing that Ebola is a very lethal virus and it is very tough to treat and cure an infected person. But it has been seen that in countries were level of development is higher and health care is easily reached this disease can be fought. So far‚ every case of an American infected has ended happily‚ most recently Dallas nurse Amber Vinson the second patient to contract Ebola in the US has been discharged from Emory Hospital‚ Ebola-free
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The Ebola virus can take anywhere between two to twenty-one days before showing symptoms‚ and two weeks before a positive test concludes that an individual has the infectious virus. Should we believe that mandatory testing is the answer? Quarantining individuals is a temporary method to control and lower the risk of spreading the virus. Ebola‚ the highly contagious and deadly disease that has no known cure and is a threat to today’s society‚ continues to kill thousands. When the virus first broke
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Scavenger Hunt Ebola Log on to 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
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EBOLA OUTRAGE‚ BY: JAYLA FRANKLIN Two US humanitarian workers who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia have been released from Emory University hospital in Atlanta after receiving an experimental drug treatment which has yet to go through full clinical and human trials. Dr. Kent Brantly of Texas and Nancy Writebol‚ a missionary from North Carolina‚ contracted Ebola while responding to the outbreak in Liberia. Brantly and Writebol were both treated in the hospital’s containment
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of hope seen in Ebola outbreak; Jethro Mullen and Laura Smith-Spark; CNN Health; Tuesday‚ August 19th Much progress was made in the effort to find a possible treatment method for the Ebola virus outbreak in many African countries. The drug is called “ZMapp‚” and medical professionals say victims have shown “very positive signs of recovery.” This is an experimental biopharmaceutical drug that was tested on three American health care workers who had been infected with the Ebola virus. Most cases
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attention to have been talking about? “Class answers” – Ebola Intro: Today I am going to be informing you guys a little bit more about Ebola. I will explain what is it‚ the symptoms of people who have contracted it‚ where it came from‚ where it is now‚ and what you can do to keep yourself safe from contracting it. What: Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding
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Ebola Virus— What type of virus is it? How it spreads? What is being done to contain its spread? What treatments are available? Ebola genome is a single-stranded RNA approximately 19‚000 nucleotides long. It encodes seven structural proteins such as nucleoprotein‚ polymerase cofactor‚ transcription activator‚ RNA- dependent RNA polymerase. The Ebola virus is a Filovirus. These virus types cause fever or cause bleeding inside and outside the body when having a very high fever. Ebola
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Ebola Virus Outbreak Framework CJHS 410 September 21‚ 2014 Joe Maffia Overview of the Event Ebola virus disease is a virus that is communicable through human-to-human contact as well as animal-to-human contact in which has promoted the spread of this virus that can be deadly if left untreated (WHO‚ 2014). Not only is the Ebola virus disease (EVD) quite contagious but is gaining momentum from community to community with lack of proper health care‚ containment‚ and the families
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Ebola is one of the most deadly infectious diseases that we have discovered and researched. Its full name is Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. This disease is caused by several Ebola viruses (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever). It was discovered in 1976 and named after the Ebola River in Northern Congo‚ where it was first found (Rupp 48). There are 4 species of Ebola which are Ivory Coast ebolavirus‚ Reston ebolavirus‚ Sudan ebolavirus‚ and Zaire ebolavirus (WHO). Ebola is part of the group of diseases called viral
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