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Ebola

March 1, 1996
Imagine going on vacation to a foreign country and when you come home you
are horribly sick. Your head hurts, you have a highfever, and you start
vomiting. Chances are that you may havecontracted the Ebola virus.

Ebola was first discovered in the village of Yambuku(1) nearthe Ebola River
in Zaire. Since its discovery, there have beenfour outbreaks of this disease.
There are three known strains, ofvariations of ebola. There is no known cure for
this disease(2).Ebola has become one of the most mysterious and feared viruses
onthe face of this earth.

Ebola's first documented appearance was in Zaire in 1976. Noone knows
where ebola comes from or what the original ...

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Bugs are also collected from the hospitals and
from the surrounding huts of the villages. So far 36,000specimens have been
collected. Once they have been gathered, the specimens are put into liquid
nitrogen and flown back to theUnited States, where they are studied at the
Centers for DiseaseControl in Atlanta Georgia and the Army Medical Research
Instituteof Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick Md.,(6). Researchers have
discovered the source of human infection for all level fourorganisms except
ebola(7). This means that all organisns that cause deadly viruses have been
contained and studied, and have had antibodies created to ward of the illnesses
that are caused. Although Ebola is a mystery to humans, the virus is
relatively hard to catch and it kills quickly, lessening the chance victims will
infect others. It is transmitted by contactwith bodily fluids like blood, vomit
and semen or contaminated syringes and is not known to be passed along through
casual ...

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Added: 8/22/2007 12:17:54 PM
Category: Health & Medicine
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