Ebola

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=History of Ebola: = Ebola was discovered in August 1976 by Dr. Ngoy Mushol in 1976. Ebola is also known as Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. It was first found in Southern Sudan. It has infected about 284 people in Southern Sudan. But then again, it spreads immensely! Ebola is the most deadly out of all viruses and has many outbreaks all over Africa. Ebola was named after Ebola River in Zaire. One of the outbreaks was a West African of Gabon died from Ebola after eating a infected chimpanzee in the village of Mayibout.

Ebola Timeline and Map of Incidence:
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 * < Year ||< Ebola strain ||< Location ||< Human cases ||< Death rate ||< History ||
 * < 1976 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< Yambuku, DRC ||< 318 ||< 88 percent ||< First time Ebola is seen. Infection spread by close contact with victims and shared needles in hospital setting. ||
 * < 1976 ||< Ebola-Sudan ||< Nzara, Sudan ||< 284 ||< 53 percent ||< First victim a cotton factory worker. No link to Ebola cases in Zaire. ||
 * < 1976 ||< Ebola-Sudan ||< England ||< 1 ||< 0 percent ||< Lab infection; accidental contamination via needle stick. ||
 * < 1979 ||< Ebola-Sudan ||< Nzara, Sudan ||< 34 ||< 65 percent ||< Same site as previous outbreak in Sudan. ||
 * < 1989– 1992 ||< Ebola-Reston ||< USA/ Italy ||< 0 ||< 0 percent ||< Ebola introduced to quarantined labs by monkeys imported from the Philippines. No human cases, but represents the ease with which the virus could spread globally. ||
 * < 1994 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< Gabon ||< 44 ||< 63 percent ||< In rainforest, assumed to be yellow fever. Identified as Ebola in 1995. ||
 * < 1994 ||< Ebola-Ivory Coast ||< Ivory Coast ||< 1 ||< 0 percent ||< Researcher ill after autopsy on wild chimpanzee. ||
 * < 1995 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< DRC ||< 315 ||< 81 percent ||< First case in patient who worked in nearby forest. ||
 * < 1996 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< Gabon ||< 37 ||< 57 percent ||< Chimp found dead in forest and eaten by hunters. Cases were those involved in butchering and their families. ||
 * < 1996 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< Gabon ||< 60 ||< 75 percent ||< First case in hunter living in forest, spread by close contact. Dead chimp found in area where first case was infected. ||
 * < 1996 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< South Africa ||< 2 ||< 50 percent ||< Medical worker who treated infected patients in Gabon brings Ebola to Johannesburg. The nurse who cared for him died. ||
 * < 1996 ||< Ebola-Reston ||< USA ||< 0 ||< 0 percent ||< Infected monkey from Philippines. No human cases. ||
 * < 2000– 2001 ||< Ebola-Sudan ||< Uganda ||< 425 ||< 53 percent ||< Largest outbreak. Risk highest in those attending funerals of Ebola victims, having family contact with Ebola victims, and providing medical care to Ebola patients without adequate protective gear. ||
 * < 2001– 2002 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< Gabon/ DRC ||< 122 ||< 79 percent ||< Outbreak along border of two nations. ||
 * < 2002– 2003 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< DRC ||< 143 ||< 89 percent ||< Outbreaks in the districts of Mbomo and Kéllé. ||
 * < 2003 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< DRC ||< 35 ||< 29 percent ||< Outbreak in villages of Mbomo and Mbandza in Mbomo district. ||
 * < 2004 ||< Ebola-Sudan ||< Sudan ||< 17 ||< 41 percent ||< Outbreak in Yambio county in southern Sudan at same time as a measles outbreak. Many cases originally suspected to be Ebola were later classified as measles. ||
 * < 2007 ||< Ebola-Zaire ||< DRC ||< 249 ||< 78 percent ||< Outbreak in Kasai Occidental Province. ||
 * < 2007 ||< Ebola-Bundibugyo ||< Uganda ||< 139 ||< 25 percent ||< First reported occurrence of new, fifth strain. ||

=Symptoms of Ebola: = Ebola begins with a sudden onset of a flu-like stage, and comes with a fever with chills and chest pain. Nausea is also a symptom along with abdominal pain, anorexia, diarrhea, and vomiting. 

=Treatment for Ebola: = There are currently no proven treatments that can kill the Ebola virus, only your body can kill it. Some of the treatments for Ebola are Antibiotics to prevent other infections. Medications to control fever. Oxygen devices that will help with your breathing, the blood clot that was caused by the disease, and maintain blood pressure. Good nursing care. But that might not help because 50 to 90 percent in cases the person dies. Scientists don’t know why some people recover from it and some don’t. To find out more please go to [] =Transmission of Ebola: = Transmission of Ebola can occur through exposure to blood or bodily secretions of an infected person, or through direct contact with the person. During outbreaks of the Ebola virus, transmission of the virus in hospitals is very common, especially when patients are cared for without the use of proper barrier techniques and sterilization practices. One subtype of Ebola was reported in a primate research facility in Virginia, where it appears that transmission of Ebola from monkey to monkey occurred through the air; however, such transmission has not been seen among humans. Ebola virus replication in infected cells takes about 8 hours. Hundreds to thousands of new virus particles are then released during periods of hours to a few days, before the cell dies. Several cycles of replication occur in a primate before the onset of fever.



More information on Ebola:
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