The Ebola and Marburg viruses are extremely lethal viruses that have
placed repugnant thoughts on the minds of many people that have any background
knowledge on this field of viral infections. Where does it come from? Where
does it hide? What could it do to me? As these questions burn holes in the
minds of many people, something should be done to learn more about these
horrendous viruses. People sometimes become scared stiff from the thought of
the bone-chilling effects from these viruses, and had good reason to. "Ebola,
the slate wiper, did things to people that you did not want to think about. The
organism was too frightening to handle even for those who were comfortable and
adept in space suits." (paperback pg.63-64 - Project Ebola).
A large, shy man by the name of Gene Johnson was the first pioneer to
venture out to find the roots of the Ebola and Marburg viruses. Gene spent
many years in Central Africa looking for these viruses. After digging up
virtually every piece of land in Central Africa, Gene Johnson wound up without
a single case or report of a virus. A man by the name of Charles Monet and a
young boy referred to in this book as Peter Cardinal both contracted the same
level 4 hot virus. There is only one connection between Charles and Peter.
"The paths of Charles Monet and Peter Cardinal had crossed at only one place on
earth, and that was inside Kitum Cave." (pg. 140 - Cardinal). Kitum Cave is
where the virus is expected to be living or where the history of the Ebola
virus lays. So Kitum Cave is where the search for the deadly virus begins.
Led by Gene Johnson, the team members on the Kitum Cave expedition set up many
differing animals inside the cave with the hope that one of the animals would
contract the virus. Even though the expedition's results came out negative,
Kitum Cave is still the only logical place where the virus thrives.
There have been a handful of outbreaks as the cause of a shipment of
monkeys to a civilized community. For example, this occurred from a monkey
shipment to an old city in central Germany. Killing 7 out of the 31 people it
infected, this virus would later be named after the city it erupted in, Marburg.
The monkeys posed as the host in this terrifying disaster. The possibility
that humans are the natural host is very, very unlikely. "...its original host
was probably not monkeys, humans, or guinea pigs but some other animal or insect
The story begins with the tale of a French man, Charles Monet, who lived on a plantation in western Kenya. He enjoyed the outdoors, so for the New Year’s he planned a camping trip with one of his women friends. They drove to Mount Elgon and spent the night in a large cave called Kitum Cave. After his trip to Mount Elgon, he felt completely normal and was able to return to his job. Then seven days later, Monet had massive headaches that would not seem to go away. These headaches caused back aches and aspirin failed to work. Little did Charles Monet know that these were the first symptoms of the deadly virus within him. Three days after the headaches, the fevers came along with nausea and vomiting. Charles Monet’s personality began to transform and he became a completely different but frightening person. Doctor’s sent him to a large hospital in Nairobi to treat his worsening sickness. He travelled alone and throughout the flight, was vomiting blood mixed with a black liquid. After his long flight, he waited in the waiting room at Nairobi hospital, barely being able to talk to anyone. Finally Charles Monet lost all control of his body and he began vomiting large amounts of blood along with intestinal lining. He became a human virus bomb.
First Canadian astronaut into space was Marc Garneau during 1984 with about 10 experiments in hand
Why did I decide to choose to study Kongolese Art? Why didn't I just decide to study something safe, like British watercolours? If I had, I would have never had to spend the past three days in isolation in a hospital in Germany to ensure that I wasn't harbouring the Marburg virus.
...d the disease from an infected chimpanzee in the forest. She was sent to a Swiss hospital where she recovered. An autopsy of the Chimpanzee showed effects similar to the Ebola virus.
Prior to the identification of the virus in 1967, very little is known about the history of the virus. It is possible that the disease had existed previously, but no information exists about the virus prior to 1967. The virus was identified by virologists in Marburg and Hamburg, Germany, three months after the initial outbreak.
The virus initially is spread to the human population after contact with an infected wildlife and is then spread through direct contact with body fluids such as blood, urine, sweat, semen, and breast milk. Family members and healthcare workers who contract the virus usually obtain it from direct contact with the infected person. In some of the countries like Sudan and Zaire that are less developed and their healthcare is under-financed needle transmission is common since at times needles used on Ebola patients are reused without proper sanitizing. Another method of transmission is supposed to be airborne transmission. Patients can transmit the virus while febrile and through later stages of disease, as well during funeral preparations at postmortem. Additionally, the virus has been isolated in semen for as many as 61 days after illness onset.
In 1976 the first two Ebola outbreaks were recorded. In Zaire and western Sudan five hundred and fifty people reported the horrible disease. Of the five hundred and fifty reported three hundred and forty innocent people died. Again in 1995 Ebola reportedly broke out in Zaire, this time infecting over two hundred and killing one hundred and sixty. (Bib4, Musilam, 1)
Ebola started its first outbreak in West Africa. According to the World Health Organization (2014) “Ebola first took place in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan.., in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo... [and the] latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from witch the disease takes its name”. The disease has also started spreading through countries such as Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia (which are West Africa countries).
Prior to 2013, Australia was governed with a much more liberal style of leadership by the Labor Party. Environmentally friendly, they recognized the dangers of a warming world. In 2012 they implemented a carbon tax on the 348 largest business polluters; charging them a little more than $22 for every ton of greenhouse gas emitted ("Australia Votes to Repeal Carbon Tax."). Unpopular and controversial from the beginning, it became a major political and social debate which the Liberal Party successfully used during elections to oust the Labor Party. The Liberal Party vowed immediate repeal of the carbon tax if elected and on July 11, 2014 they kept their promise (“Australia Votes to Repeal Carbon Tax”). It was replaced by a 2.5 billion dollar taxpayer funded ‘Direct Action Plan’ which instead pays polluters to emit less pollution and switch to cleaner energy. Carbon dioxide emission reduction is such an important global problem, it needs to be immediately addressed, but not at taxpayer expense. The new ‘Direct Action Plan’ is nothing more than a paper promise that will do nothing for both the environment or greenhouse gas reductions and has been widely criticized by the global community for not going far enough in reducing dangerous greenhouse gases (Taylor and Hoyle). Global governments, including the United States and China, question whether Australia will even be able to meet a 5% reduction of 2000 gas levels using
Just as Preston describe in his book The Hot Zone, “You can’t fight off Ebola the way you fight off a cold. Ebola does in ten days what it takes AIDS ten years to accomplish” (Preston). The survival rate of these viruses are very low and in most cases, many people who were infected have resulted to death. There is no known cure for these viruses so it would be hard to survive if and when infected. Preston believes that these viruses are slate wipers because of their power to kill and infect many people. These viruses are terrifying and have done unimaginable things to the infected
The Ebola outbreak began in parts of central Africa from bats. There have already been 8,914
In 2013 most people didn't know nothing about Ebola and didn't even know this disease existed. This infection was first identified in 1976 but did little harm that they did not make a cure for it. This disease can be spread through having contact with another persons blood, saliva, and sweat (Brooks). There are also some information that shows that a person who did not have Ebola did use a blanket from someone who did have Ebola and got the disease just like that (Altman). "Ebola is a virus, or infection, It gets its name from the Ebola River, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the disease was first reported, in 1976" (What Is Ebola?). Ebola started in west Africa and is now a global crisis. Some say that this disease was originated from fruit bats and these animals can spread this disease and not have it at the same time
Rare and deadly the Ebola hemorrhagic fever has been found in African monkeys, chimps, and other primates. Although a milder strain of Ebola has been found in monkeys* and pigs in the Philippeans the largest recorded outbreak took place in West Africa** during a two year span. (2014-2016) This virus is transported through the bodily fluids of infected animals, such as blood or waste products, and contaminated people. People aren't contagious until they start showing symptoms. Humans can be contaminated by reusing needles, not using protective gear, or using contaminated injection equipment.
Many people believe Ebola is not an actual threat to the United States. However, we are at as great of risk as anyone in the world and America may just now be starting to notice that. Although Ebola was first discovered in the late 1970s’, it has slowly progressed its way into our current society causing the need for research to help find a preventative method to keep it from spreading anymore and causing a worldwide epidemic.
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