Alyssa Potts Period 4 22 March 2017 1970s Popular Culture/Music The 1970s pop culture is a blend of both the 1960s and an individual movement impacted by the Vietnam War. It was a pivotal time in history as fashion, cars, movies, TV shows, music, sports, and disco dancing all shaped the coming decades. There was a tremendous amount of growth in the economy in the 1970s with inflation being so high. The 1970s brought the end of the Vietnam War, colorful disco fashion, and a television in every…
virus (EBOV) is a filamentous, negative sense single-stranded strand RNA virus under the Filoviridae family [1]. It is a large virus, approximately 970 nm long, and 80 nm in diameter [2]. EBOV is infamous in the African continent, causing hemorrhagic fever in both humans and nonhuman primates in the African continent [1], where outbreaks have been unpredictable and usually resulting in fatality. Since its discovery in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of Congo [3], EBOV still persists today,…
Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever which is a deadly disease caused by one of five known distinguishable subtypes of Ebola. Ebola is a filoviridae which is the only known virus family that we lack knowledge on. Researchers fail to understand how nature maintains itself with viruses like these and researchers know even less about the resulting diseases, pathogens, and the detailed virology (the study of viruses) of Ebola. Of the five strains four are known to cause disease in humans: Ebola virus (Zaire…
Ebola, a very contagious disease that spreads through bodily fluids such as saliva & sweat, can spread very quickly through a population. Due to this, the Liberian Government set up roadblocks and asked people to stay in their homes in an attempt to slow the disease. The economic toll this and other restrictions, such as the stopping of flights to Liberia, caused fewer goods to be able to make it to the people. this scarcity creates inflation, with inflation comes the higher cost of goods and…
People are not irresistible until they create manifestations. To start with indications are the sudden onset of fever weariness, muscle agony, migraine and sore throat. This is trailed by retching, looseness of the bowels, rash, manifestations of disabled kidney and liver capacity, and now and again, both inside and outside dying. Research facility discoveries incorporate…
The Ebola virus has completely taken over Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Other countries such as Kayas, Spain, Lagos, Dallas Texas, New York City, Port Harcourt, and Dakar have the Ebola outbreak as well. Ebola is also known as the Hemorrhagic Fever (“Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”). People are always asking what Ebola is, how and where if generated from, how can they help prevent it from spreading, and what are other people doing about it? A lot of people believe that those who…
Democratic Republic of Congo. Democratic Republic of Congo had a river named the Ebola River. The Ebola virus was later named after that river where in a nearby village had an outbreak of the disease. The Ebola virus is also known as Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Genus Ebolavirus has five distinct species which include Bundibugyo Ebolavirus, Zaire Ebolavirus, Reston Ebolavirus, Sudan Ebolavirus, and Tai Forest Ebolavirus (WHO | Ebola Virus Disease, 2014). Each species of Ebola are associated with…
Due to the lack of supplies and hygiene in third world countries, a virus called Ebola has broke out. Ebola has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the past year causing nearly four thousand lives in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. With the right steps, this virus can be contained and eventually cured. Ebola is a deadly virus that first appeared in the year 1976, occurring in Sudan and the current Dominican Republic of Congo. The virus was named after a small river in the Dominican…
Africa’s known for their cultural heritage, beautiful wildlife, and unfortunately, Ebola. The first outbreak occurred in 1976, in Zaire, Africa. Recently, an outbreak has occurred in Western Africa in October 2014, capturing the attention of people worldwide. Ebola is a fatal disease that has severely affected, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. According to the World Health Organization, "there is no specific treatment, or vaccine, and the fatality rate can be up to 90%." West Africa needs help…
Why is Ebola virus a very dangerous disease to the human race? Ebola virus is a deadly disease and the name Ebola was given to the virus after the virus was discovered in 1976 near Ebola River in Congo. Since then, thousands of people have died. Ebola virus belongs to Filovirus family and the disease resulting from the virus is very dangerous because the virus damages the cardiovascular system and spreads throughout the body. Because Ebola is easily contracted and global threat, healthcare…