Ebola: * What is Ebola? Ebola is a virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF). The Ebola virus belongs to the RNA virus family known as Filoviridae. There have been five strains of the Ebola virus identified (four of them are known to cause illness in humans). * Ebola Genome: One of two RNA viruses * First Recognized: 1976 Zaire Africa * Native to Africa * Unknown Origin‚ or natural reservoir * Ebola is very acute‚ infection is very rapid so * There are no
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Ebola virus is back‚ this time in West Africa‚ with over 350 cases and a 69% case fatality ratio at the time of this writing (Baize). The culprit is the Zaire ebola virus species‚ the most lethal Ebola virus known‚ with case fatality ratios up to 90%. The epicenter and site of first introduction is the region of Guéckédou in Guinea ’s remote southeastern forest region‚ spilling over into various other regions of Guinea as well as to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. News of this outbreak engenders
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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 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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twothirds of americans are concerned about the ebola outbreak‚ reacting to the situation such as in the article it states how “parents in mississippi pulled their children out of a middle school ….’ finding out that the principle had traveled to zambia but he did not show any symptoms . New york governor Andrew Cuomo said that it should be considered that people shouldn’t travel and ban people from travelling to west africa. It is believed that Ebola isn’t a great threat to the united states because theres been only a
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about ebola disease before tell what ebola victims‚ their families‚ and neighbors feel or think about ebola crisis. Ebola disease is caused by ebola virus. This deadly virus is very potent‚ and it attacks human’s immune system offensively . It soon spreads all body organ within a day or two days. Then the ebola patients either die within days or live if they are cured. Many people who were contaminated ebola virus died. For example‚ Thomas Eric Duncan who was a Liberian became the first Ebola patient
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (7th grade report) Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease in humans‚ and non-human primates‚ such as monkeys‚ gorillas‚ and chimpanzees. Scientists don’t know exactly where the virus was first originated. However they do believe that the virus is zoonotic‚ or animal born. They believe an animal host that is native to the African continent maintains it. A similar host would be monkeys associated with Ebola-Reston. Cases of Ebola Virus have been found in Congo
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Introduction Ebola virus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever‚ was first recognized in 1976 in Zaire‚ now Democratic Republic of Congo‚ and Sudan. It is named after the river Ebola in Zaire. The virus has five known subtypes named after the location where they were first identified and caused disease: Ebola Sudan‚ Ebola-Bundibugyo‚ Ebola-Zaire‚ Ebola-Ivory Coast and Ebola-Reston. (CDC.gov) Ebola-Reston is the newest subtype and was identified in research macaques imported from Philippines
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Ebola Outbreak Timeline http://www.newsday.com/news/world/theebolacrisis15importantmomentsin20141. 9454173 December 6th‚ 2013: A twoyearold child died in Meliandou in southern Guinea and was later identified as "patient zero". The virus remained localized until February 2014‚ when a healthcare worker in a neighboring province died. First ebola patient ‚ the outbreak started with patient zero contaminated two more people which caught the attention of the general public once r
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also be bad news for everyone involved" (443). The 2014 Ebola virus outbreak on social media demonstrates the problematic side to user-generated platforms but also the benefits of social media.
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