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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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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July 16th 2200(Washington‚ USA): days ago that the ebola epidemic began‚ millions of people have died because of this‚ the origin of this epidemic is in Africa‚ to the virus for a long time but never existed had caused something so serious‚ soon spread all over the world‚ this disease is horrible‚ makes that you bleed from the mouth and rectum and is spread by spit‚ if you have some acquaintance with this disease have to be careful to avoid infected you also. July 18th‚ 2200: I’m so scared‚ I don’t
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The ebola outbreak of 2014 claimed many lives‚ some of which being American. Many more would have been claimed‚ however‚ if Dr. Kent Brantly hadn’t donated his blood plasma to the cause. Dr. Brantly is inspiring to me because even after he had become ill with ebola and survived‚ he continued to fight the international war on the virus. He is a true‚ selfless‚ and honorable hero that should be remembered forever as such. Brantly wouldn’t even have become ill with the virus in the first place if he
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AIDS‚ and small pox all which can be deadly and are considered by most people who haven’t heard of Ebola or Marburg as the deadliest of diseases and viruses. Imagine a virus that killed nine out of every ten people it infected and it was contagious through airborne particles. Even prior to learning about the symptoms of this type of virus it already sounds like a nightmare. The virus is called Ebola and a man by the name of Richard Preston wrote a full length book about the discovery and the fight
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“The Masque of the Red” 200 year ago been talking about the modern day disease Ebola. Poe probably was talking about Ebola cause he sad that everyone that got it bled out. Ebola is like a flu virus; but way worse cause you bleed for you pores ‚ eyes‚ nose‚ and mouth.”The Masgue of the red death” said when you go the virus you die in thirty minutes. Africa was the place where Ebola is from in Africa In the 1976 is where Ebola started it killed 280 of the 318 people stricken. “ the masque of the red death”
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through centuries‚ and humanity developed social and governmental systems in order to preserve itself. The 1918 flu and the recent Ebola crisis are cases in points. However‚ while many government and societal actions are helpful‚ these same institutions are sometimes harmful and result in inequity of opportunity. The 1918 influenza pandemic and the current response to Ebola are both similar‚ as they show how government quarantines are counterproductive and both helped expose a strain of racial bias within
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Health Management Jamara Aaron University of Phoenix Ebola and President Barack Obama Currently in Africa there is an outbreak of a deadly virus; Ebola. The U.S. President Barack Obama is helping with different ways to control the outbreak in West Africa. With President Obama being the U.S. leader he is instructing the military to assist as well as help us our U.S.’s resources. With the highest leader of the U.S. donating $100 million dollars and a possible $88 million
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