EbolaBy Marco Broccoli

What is it?

Ebola is an infectious disease that affects humans and monkeys. It is classified as a filovirus which is a one stranded RNA virus.

BackgroundDr. Ngoy Mushola was the first person to discover the virus. He discovered Ebola in 1976.It is a level 4 virus which means there is no vaccine. Ebola mostly targets non-human primates and has killed 25% of earths gorillas.

Types

There are four know types Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Ivory Coast, and Ebola-Reston-the only strand that occurred outside of Africa.

Symptoms Fever

Sore throat

Weakness

Severe headache

Joint and muscle pain

Diarrhea

Vomiting

Symptoms (cont.)

Dehydration

Dry, hacking cough

Stomach pain

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Routes of Infection Contact with infected bodily fluids and/or

tissues

Inhaling or ingesting contaminated material

Injected with contaminated material

Quarantine

Only authorized personnel

No outside contact

Medical Officers

Curing Ebola

So far, the best way to fight against a virus is a vaccine. The way a vaccine works is that the doctor or nurse injects a small part of the virus into the patient but just enough to trigger the antibodies. They cant do that with Ebola because they believe it is to deadly to have injected into someone.

Experiments in Vaccines

1. Monkeys

2. Pigs

3. Guinea pigs

4. 1 illegal human trial

The Clean-up

1. Wear hazmat suits for protection

2. Destroy the source

3. Clean the area

4. Spend three months on quarantine or demolish the building

Through the Microscope

Where is the Natural Reservoir?

A natural reservoir is were the virus exists in nature. Scientist think it is some were in North-West Africa

How to Avoid it Wash your hands

Stay away from infected individual

No contact with infected bodily fluids or tissue

Be careful when you eat monkey

The Aftermath

You might think when the epidemic is over, its over. WRONG! There is the aftermath. This is were you have all the bodies together. This is were the second wave could happen. If you do not dispose of the bodies correctly that’s the result.

BibliographyBook

Draper, Alison, Ebola, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2002

Sites

Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpj0emEGShQ&feature=relate Monday, May 28, 2012

Schoestadt, Arthur, MD, Ebola Symptoms, http://ebola.emedtv.com/ebola/ebola-symptoms.html Monday, May 28, 2012

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Virus Monday, May 28, 2012

Newspaper

Mabeus, Courtney, Army researchers closer to virus treatments, Fredrick News-Post, March 14, 2012, Separate Article