Ebola Virus Analysis

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Introduction: In 1976, the first epidemic of the Ebola virus was presented. It had been discovered in a city called Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ebola is a highly mortal disease, which means that the release of this disease has risks that affect the health of people and can occur in other states. In addition, there are many people who have died from this virus. Moreover, the Ebola virus is a topic that has reached thousands of people since the virus was detected for the second time in 2014. Therefore, people are afraid that this dangerous virus can reach their families. When, where, how this virus occurred, what symptoms it has, how it affects us in our life, who discovered this virus, and more about this virus will be …show more content…

They installed blocks on the road, buried bodies in public cemeteries, and slowed or seized traffic in the village. The first Ebola outbreak had occurred at the Yambuku Mission Hospital, and it was mainly pregnant women who had gone to get a vaccination. The outbreak started at that hospital in August of 1976. There was this man named mabalo Lokela, he was a forty-four year old mission worker. He had been traveling for two weeks and his wife Sophie who was pregnant, had stayed home. The virus was traced back to him when he came back home. There were also other victims, people with malaria and children getting vaccinations against other disease. The disease, spread to fifty-five villages, and was named after the Ebola river. There are some cases of Ebola in the United States, the first victim was Thomas Eric Duncan, he was one of two patients that had Ebola in the country. This person Thomas Duncan was 42 years old. He was living in a room from a family friend in Monrovia, capital of liberty, there the friends daughter got sick, Thomas Duncan helped her and took her to a hospital, the girl was returned home because there was no room. The daughter died a few hours later. She had Ebola, days later Duncan quit his job and went to …show more content…

It infects dendritic cells, which usually show signs of an infection on their surfaces to activate, white blood cells that could destroy other infected cells before the virus replicates more.While the virus travels in the blood, other immune cells called macrophages are eating the virus. Once infected, they release proteins that trigger coagulation, forming small clots in the blood vessels and reducing the blood supply to the organs. They also produce other inflammatory signaling proteins and nitric oxide, which damage the lining of blood vessels, causing them to leak. Although this damage is one of the main symptoms of the infection, not all patients have external bleeding, such as in the eyes, nose or other parts. The reason why the victims of the Ebola virus die are because damage to the blood vessels leads to a drop in blood pressure and patients die from shock and multiple organ failure. In 2014 there was an outbreak again, deaths were increasing, this outbreak infected more people than there were in 1976. People continue to wonder about how the disease originated and how the outbreaks return. The natural reservoir of the Ebola virus seems lower in the tropical forests of the African

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