The Ebola Haemorrahagic Fever, or Ebola for short, was first recognized as a virus in 1967. The first breakout that caused the Ebola virus to be recognized was in Zaire with 318 people infected and 280 killed. There are five subtypes of the Ebola virus, but only four of them affect humans. There are the Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Ivory Coast and the Ebola-Bundibugyo. The fifth one, the Ebola-Reston, only affects nonhuman primates. The Ebola-Zaire was recognized on August 26, 1976 with a 44 year old schoolteacher as the first reported case. The Ebola-Sudan virus was also recognized in 1976 and was thought to be that same as Ebola-Zaire and it is thought to have broken out in a cotton factory in the Sudan. The Ebola-Ivory Coast was first discovered in 1994 in chimpanzees in the Tia Forest in Africa. On November 24, 2007, the Ebola-Bundibugyo branch was discovered with an approximate total of 116 people infected in the first outbreak and 39 deaths. The Ebola-Reston is the only one of the five subtypes to not affect humans, only nonhuman primates. It first broke out in Reston, Virginia in 1989 among crab eating macaques.
I chose to do my report of the Ebola Virus. Ebola hemorrhagic fever, also know as Ebola HF, is not a common disease. However, this disease is severe and often fatal in humans and also primates such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees. Up until 2014, there were only four reported sporadic outbreaks in humans since Ebola was initially recognized in 1976.
"The only sound is a choking in his throat as he continues to vomit while unconscious. Then comes a sound like a bed sheet being torn in half, which is the sound of his bowels opening at the sphincter and venting blood. The blood is mixed with his intestinal lining. He has sloughed off his gut. The lining of his intestines have come off and are being expelled along with huge amounts of blood" (Preston 17).
The Ebola Virus is an extremely deadly virus found in Africa. There have been multiple outbreaks across Africa and one in the United States. The Ebola virus basically causes uncontrollable bleeding externally and internally. Then your organs become liquefied. This usually results in death(www.encyclopedia.com). The following report contains info on the characteristics and history of the Ebola Virus.
The Ebola virus was discovered in 1976. It has four strains, each from a different geographic area, but all give their victims the same painful, often lethal symptoms.
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).
Flesh-eating Viruses in Real Life and in the Movies
Essay One Outline:
1) Introduction: Straying from the truth is a must when making any movie especially one adapted from real life occurrences. It is the only way production companies can make money off the movie. In the move Outbreak, several liberties were taken to make the story of the Ebola ‘incident’ more exciting.
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Ebola is hemorrhagic disease. Ebola is caused by Ebola viruses. This means Ebola is bloody. Ebola is also really deadly. Ebola is "one of the world's most virulent diseases". Ebola is "a severe, often fatal illness, with a case fatality rate of up to 90%". Ebola was first discovered in 1976. Two Ebola events occurred in 1976. The most severe of all types of Ebola is the Zaire strain. Zaire strain is what causes the current outbreak. There have been 6574 cases, in which 3091 have resulted in death. Ebola is not airborne but nevertheless is highly contagious. Spreading from person to person or mammal to person, Ebola is dangerous. Through direct contact with body fluids (including sweat, saliva, mucus, vomit, feces, breast milk, urine, semen)
The Ebola virus had a huge affect on the hospital that I work at in South Carolina. Every time someone came into our ED they had to sign a sheet of paper checking yes they have been to a place where they could have been exposed to Ebola or no they haven't.. We also had a designated " Ebola" room for patients. I do believe that their could be a possible scare from the Ebola Virus. I feel like we haven't heard about the virus in a while. It seems like it just up and disappeared from the US but I do believe that it is very likely to reappear.
In West Africa, Ebola has spread is spreading by the hundreds. Obama addresses the issue of how this affects us. Obama stated “The world is looking to us,” Obama also said, that we need to act now before it is too late.