Cryptosporidiosis

Ebola is a very violent viral disease, which has caused death in 50-90% of all cases. Ebola is one of two member of a family of RNA (ribonucleic acid) viruses called Filoviridae (CDC, 2009). Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with bodily fluids, organs, or semen of an infected person, and has an incubation period of 2-21 days (World Health Organization, U.D.). This means that the disease can take up to three weeks before symptoms are felt, which can lead to worse cases, as there has been nothing done to help your body fight the infection. To most people, Ebola may feel like the common flu with symptoms of fever, weakness, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat, but is followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rash, limited kidney and liver functions, and both internal and external bleeding (World Health Organization, U.D.). This leads to even more of an issue, as the flu is not treatable, and simply needs to run its course through the body. However, Ebola needs medical attention and hospitalization, although there is no known medicine treatment. Ebola causes dehydration, so the need of IV fluids is extremely recommended. The natural reservoir of Ebola is unknown, therefore cannot be stated as to what contributes to its spread, but it is believed that it is animal-borne and the host animal is native to Africa (CDC, 2009).

Leishmaniases are a widespread group of parasitic diseases that is transmitted by the bite of an infected female phlebotomine sandfly (World Health Organization, U.D.). The hosts for this disease are humans, wild animals, and domestic animals. Most leishmaniases are animal-borne diseases, like Ebola, and humans can only become infected when accidentally exposed to the natural transmission cycle. There are four...

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...dehydration can occur, like Ebola, which could lead to hospitalization and IV fluids. The spread of cryptosporidium, like Ebola, is from exchange of bodily fluid, as well as eating, drinking anything contaminated, touching or being around the infection. Also, similar to Ebola, there is no real treatment to cryptosporidium (Mayo Clinic, 2011).

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Center for Disease Control (CDC), 2009.

Retrieved November 14, 2013 from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/Fact_Sheets/Ebola_Fact_Booklet.pdf.

Cunningham, William P., and Mary Ann. Cunningham. Environmental Science: A Global Concern. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2012. Print.

Mayo Clinic (2011).

Retrieved November 14, 2013 from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cryptosporidium/DS00907.

World Health Organization (U.D.)

Retrieved October 25, 2013 from www.who.int/health-topics/idindex.hum