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 virus. 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 vector, transmits the virus to a human.
Scientists know that monkeys are both a vector and victim of Ebola, but other
vectors are unknown. The natural reservoir for the virus, or organism that is
immune to it and ...
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it has also been transmitted by the reuse of needles because
the health care systems are so under financed. Ebola wasn't thought to be an
airborne virus, but recent studies by the US Army Medical Research Institute of
Infectious Diseases and the CDC found that monkeys showed Ebola like symptoms
after being exposed to aerosolized Ebola. The studies also found that the virus
is many times present in the respiratory systems of Ebola victims. Although the
1989 outbreak in Reston, Virginia wasn't harmful to humans, it was found that
droplet and vomit transmission played a major role in spreading the disease
through the quarantine facility.
The onset of the Ebola virus is very quick. The incubation period
ranges anywhere from two days to twenty-one days. After signs of the virus
appear, the victim can die within days, or at the most, a week. There are a
few stages after being infected with the virus. The symptoms of the first stage
include headaches, fever, muscle pain, ...
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Ebola virus is the world's third deadliest infectious disease,
behind HIV, and rabies, which has a vaccine. The only treatment that can be
given to Ebola victims is support. They are usually very dehydrated and need
management of fluid and electrolyte balance. Victims may sometimes require IV
feeds to replace liquids. Before shock occurs it may be helpful to replace
plasma albumin. There is currently no cure or vaccine for the Ebola virus.,
although it is recorded that someone in the United Kingdom was infected with
Ebola Zaire and was injected with the plasma of a recovered Ebola Zaire victim
and recovered fully. The opposite was also shown when recovered Ebola ...
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