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Ebola

Ebola. By: Alex Baer & Gabby Hofmeister. What is Ebola?. Ebola is a virus that a filovirus (threadlike virus in family of filoviridae , only 2 types Ebola and Magburg ) named after a river in Zaire, its first site of discovery. It affects monkeys, apes and humans.

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Ebola

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  1. Ebola By: Alex Baer & Gabby Hofmeister

  2. What is Ebola? • Ebola is a virus that a filovirus(threadlike virus in family of filoviridae, only 2 types Ebola and Magburg) named after a river in Zaire, its first site of discovery. It affects monkeys, apes and humans. • There are 4 types of Ebola: Ebola Zaire(1976), Ebola Sudan(1976), Ebola Reston(1989) and Ebola Cote D’ivoire(1994) • Ebola Sudan is mildest that kills up to 50% of its victims and Ebola Zaire kills up to 90% • Ebola has existed since 1976 • You know you have ebola when you are bleeding for no reason

  3. 5 Symptoms of Ebola: • High fever • Fatigue • Headache • Diarrhea • Stomach Pain

  4. How is it Spread? • Spread by direct contact with bodily fluid. • Bodily fluids include: blood, vomit, mucus, diarrhea, or semen. • Humans are most likely to get it.

  5. What does it look like?

  6. Current Research • National Academy of Sciences at The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases discovered that antibodies in tobacco plants grown in Kentucky have been given to lab monkeys infected with Ebola and it kept all the monkeys alive according to the new study

  7. Current Event: • Outbreak in Western Uganda in July-August 2012. • 14 deaths out of 20 cases

  8. Works Cited • Akshay. "Ebola Virus." Prime Health Channel. N.p., n.d. Web. • Hirschmann, Kris. The Ebola Virus. Detroit, MI: Lucent /Thomson Gale, 2007. Print. • Mabeus, Courtney. "Arrest Made in Slaying of Frederick Man." The Frederick News-Post Online. N.p., 19 Oct. 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2013. •  Walsh, Bryan. "Urban Ebola: Why the Latest Outbreak in Uganda Raises Worries." Time. Time, 1 Aug. 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2013.

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