pathogens to evolve. They have adapted to the medicines that we consume‚ and their medication resisting ability drastically improved. Consequently‚ we have a virus such as Ebola that directly attacks the immune systems. This virus has an average of 50% fatality rate. As of 13 January 2016‚ reportedly 11‚315 has died from Ebola. Moreover‚ we also have many contagious antibiotics resistant bacteria such as Clostridium difficile‚ shortened to C. diff‚ a deadly bacterium that multiplies when an antibiotic
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establishing human safety and immunogenicity within a shorter amount of time then the current amount of time. The problem with this is by the time the test is complete and is safe the epidemic will have ended. This was the case with the epidemic of Ebola as the epidemic ended an effective vaccine was produce at the epidemic’s end. This is an scientific issue because when facing the unknown time will be a limited resource we need to improve how humanity can research possible vaccines quickly. If a vaccines
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I have always been a very naturally inquisitive and enthusiastic person‚ especially when it involved disease and the impacts it has on the body as well as society. The recent media attention on diseases in the tropics (such as Ebola and MERS) has only heightened my fascination with disease and I am extremely interested in learning more and entering the field in the future as a scientist. Diseases are rapidly changing and evolving‚ and thus we have having to change our approach to how we monitor‚
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from Secretary Burwell‚ CDC Director Frieden‚ as well as Tony Fauci from NIH about the Zika situation‚ and I want to give the American people an update on where we are. As it has been explained repeatedly‚ but I want to reemphasize‚ Zika is not like Ebola. This is not a human-to-human transmission‚ with the one exception that we’ll talk about. It’s primarily transmitted through mosquitoes‚ a very particular type of mosquito. But what we do know is that if you contract Zika‚ even if you don’t appear
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Ebola is a world issue at this point‚ as leaders of public health we have the responsibility to make an example of how to handle viral outbreaks. The current ban on visas to those who have been in west Africa is not the way to do this. While some believe that banning these people from entering Canada is the best way to protect our citizens‚ there are several arguments against the ban. Including that the bans gives incentive for countries to hide viral outbreaks‚ that this gives incentive for people
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million. Ebola was not nearly as bad therefore‚ Ebola in modern Africa was a better disease to have than the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. This is because Ebola was not as deadly as the Plague‚ Ebola wasn’t around as long as the Plague‚
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Is Ebola Only Deadly To The Poorest? In the year 1976‚ starting in Sudan‚ Ebola climbed out of its unknown hiding place‚ and caused a plethora of lives being taken away‚ 340 people devastatingly died. Fear gripped the victims’ faces‚ and uncertainty tortured their minds. The people of Zaire waited outside clinics‚ churches and in their homes for a treatment of the horrible disease‚ but there was no cure. They were forced to watch people die‚ hoping that they would be saved from the violent death
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Ebola Week 2 Assignment 1) Infectious Agent a) Describe the Ebola virus‚ including what type of virus it is (family‚ DNA or RNA‚ envelope or not) and how many genes it has. The Ebola virus is a highly infectious disease that has killed many worldwide. The virus is part of the Filoviridae family that is a highly infectious agent (Garcia et al.‚ 2012). The Flioviridae family of viruses causes symptoms such as: fever‚ bleeding‚ and hypotensive shock to the host in which it enters (Garcia et al.
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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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