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Ebola

Ebola. Varun Pullakandam and Aaditiya Nair. Characteristics of Ebola. This is a viral disease Symptoms: High fever, muscle pain, red eyes vomiting bloody, black liquid, holes in blood vessels It was never in the USA

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Ebola

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  1. Ebola VarunPullakandam and Aaditiya Nair

  2. Characteristics of Ebola • This is a viral disease • Symptoms: High fever, muscle pain, red eyes vomiting bloody, black liquid, holes in blood vessels • It was never in the USA • First seen in Zaire, a disease that erupted in the rain forest, in the town of Nzara. • Here twenty thousand people died. • Ebola outbreaks occurred in Africa from 1976-1995. • Death rate of crab eating macaques in Roston, Virginia caused by Ebola tripled in one year.

  3. How is the disease spread (1) • One way of it being spread is through Nosocomical Infections, diseases that originate or occur in a hospital or hospital-like setting. • If one patient has the disease it may spread to others, because of the lack of good hygiene in some of these hospitals in Africa.

  4. How disease is Spread (2) • Another way is being spread though the body fluids of the people who are infected, and as before, this is spread in hospitals. • Transmission of the Ebola virus has also occurred by handling sick or dead infected wild animals (chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, forest antelope, fruit bats).

  5. Treatment……………………… • Education: Speak to hospital staff and make sure they know how to handle Ebola. • Isolation: Ebola patients are isolated in private rooms • Stopping the spread: Officers ask around for news of Ebola victims who have not sought treatment by hospital. • Community education: Local Volunteers travel through the community and explain symptoms. Encourage to get help. • Sometimes antibiotics like Penicillin is used to kill the virus from spreading.

  6. Current Research on Ebola • Scientists hope to find a cure for Ebola. • There is a special type of bat called the “African-fruit-eating” bat which does not die from Ebolavirus after being infected. • So they are trying to make a vaccine pertaining to the bat’s immune system. • Scientists are also highly encouraging Quarantine, so the Ebola virus cannot be spread as easily.

  7. Most susecptible • Most of the 20-30 age group seems to be particularly susceptible. • People living close to rain forests are susceptible to Ebola • People in unsanitary countries such as Zaire and Sudan are susceptible to this disease. • Also people with weakened immune systems, or more specifically the children are also susceptible to this disease.

  8. History • First seen in 1976 DRC, a mysterious disease erupted in the rain forest near the town of Nzara. • Twenty thousand people died here. • Ebola outbreaks occurred in Africa from 1976-1995 • Also happened in Cote D’Ivore and Gabon. • So far 150 deaths in Sudan has been associated with Ebola.

  9. Works Cited • Bowl, John S. "Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever." WHO. N.p., Sept.-Oct. 2007. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. • Bueche, Shelley. Ebola. San Diego, CA: Kidhaven, 2004. Print. • Draper, Allison Stark. Ebola. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2002. • Smith, Tara C. Ebola. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2006. Print. • Sullivan, Jane. "Institutional Links." Ebola Virus. Public Health Agency of Canada, 6 Mar. 2010. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. • Tonin, Jay R. "3 Ways to Treat Ebola." LIVESTRONG.COM. N.p., Nov.-Dec. 2009. Web. 14 Feb. 2013.

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