Today I will be talking about Infectious diseases and I will focus more on the topic about Ebola‚ the deadliest disease known to man. The Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe‚ often fatal illness to humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks. The time interval from infection with the virus to
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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 Ebola hemorrahagic fever is a 20 year old virus that‚ with a mortality rate of 50% to 90%‚ is one of the world’s deadliest viruses. Its causative organism is called Ebola virus. Ebola virus is a member of filoviridae‚ a family of negative-strained RNA viruses. The filoviridae family consists of five known members‚ Marburg‚ Ebola Zaire‚ Ebola Sudan‚ Ebola Reston‚ and Ebola Tai. Ebola virus is spread in a number of ways. An outbreak starts when an infected animal or insect‚ called a
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The ebola virus is a very complex level four virus. Level four viruses are extremely lethal‚ and there is no cure for them yet‚ not does there seem to be a cure for them or ebola in the near future. To give you an example of just how lethal level four viruses like ebola are‚ AIDS is only a level three virus‚ and requires minimal protection when working with it. The protection required for working with the ebola virus consists of wearing three layers of gloves‚ and giant space suits. Only people with
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Thesis The Ebola virus is one of the quickest killing viruses. The infection spreads rapidly throughout the body and is deadly to its victim. Therefore‚ it is crucial that more funds are allotted for research‚ treatments‚ and controlling Ebola outbreaks. Introduction Ebola is an illness caused by the Ebola virus. It is incredibly infectious‚ a quick killer with a ninety percent fatality rate. Sadly most of Ebola victims’ results in death that could have been prevented. The virus is spread by coming
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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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Whitley Acre Mrs. Hill Honors English 9 26 January 2012 Outbreak: The Ebola Virus in Sudan‚ Zaire‚ and Uganda By killing ninety percent of its victims‚ Ebola is one of the most effective viruses known to man. This virus does not have any specific requirements for its host‚ it simply attaches itself to a species and does as much damage as possible. Ebola is extremely contagious; it is practically unstoppable‚ incurable‚ and unpreventable. The ease of transfer between species makes detection
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The Hot Zone In the book the Hot Zone‚ by Richard Preston‚ the first few pages are introducing the reader into the world of contagious hot agents by going through the biosaftey procedures to access level 4. In part one‚ Charles Monet a fifty-six year old Frenchman living in western Kenya on the lands of the Nzoia Sugar Factory is introduced‚ but as his story continues he finds himself greatly ill by some unknown virus. It began shortly after a visit with a friend to Kitum Cave. Of course
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Ebola Outbreak Ebola‚ previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever‚ is a rare and deadly disease. Ebola viruses are found in several African countries. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then‚ outbreaks have appeared at irregular intervals in Africa. The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest Ebola outbreak in history and the first Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This outbreak is the first Ebola epidemic the world
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Suzette Arango-Chavez Professor Wicher English 1301 11:45 A.M. - 12:40 A.M. Cause and Effect 10/31/2014 Ebola: Todays Most Feared Virus or will we survive? Recently our world has been in panic about a contagious virus called Ebola. As more and more people come in contact with this horrible disease‚ we learn more and more about it. We learn where it came from‚ how you can contract the virus‚ and most importantly what might be the cure for it. This disease is quickly spreading around the world. Unsafe
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