Lassa fever

The virus is mostly transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids such as saliva and blood. Ebola can be difficult to detect in the beginning due to its signs and symptoms being similar to other diseases. Symptoms include crucially high fevers, weakness, trembling, severe headache, weakness, vomiting, muscle pain, lack of appetite, excessive amounts of diarrhea, and organs begin to fail causing internal…

The disease Ebola is causing an epidemic in Africa that is extremely dangerous on many fronts. Diseases are problems that must be faced by people of many different disciplines. However, the funds for fighting Ebola are not unlimited. One big problem of the disease right now is what to do with the money received from mainly Western aid. With the ultimate goal of deciding which danger of Ebola warrants the most financial aid from the world, each aspect of the disease’s negative effects must be…

Ebola Ebola is nothing to take lightly, although the most recent outbreak has passed, it’s still a deadly parasite that can possibly live in your body for weeks and you may not even know, slowly killing your body. Deadly, infectious, and should most definitely be avoided at all costs. Ebola is one of many deadly viruses that have killed many unsuspecting victims. Thousands of cases have been reported around the world, some of the victims being doctors in the U.S who risked their own lives to…

.Ebola is also known as the “ Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever.” The epidemic became a severe disease in humans and nonhumans since 1976. An infection with the Ebola Virus is the cause for disease. Originally, Ebola was named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa. Africa became one of the first areas where Ebola occurred. Four strains of the Ebola Virus recognized as diseases in humans were Ebola- Zaire, Ebola- Sudan, Ebola- Ivory Coast, and Ebola- Reston.…

The infected bioterrorist, could check into a resort hotel and await the onset of the fever that would indicate that their Zaire ebolavirus is now contagious. The next phase of the attack would begin with the infected, and contagious, terrorist making visits to Walt Disney World, restaurants, or other areas with crowds of people. The Florida heat and humidity would provide perfect cover for the feverish and sweating terrorist as they make physical contact by way of casual brushing up against…

The first occurrence of the Lassa virus was in 1969, even though it was unbeknownst to the person who contracted it at the time. While in a village named Lassa that was located in Nigeria, missionary Laura Wine contracted a mysterious disease after taking care of a patient that was giving childbirth. It wasn’t until samples of the virus were sent to be researched at Yale University that scientists and virologists alike realized that they were looking at an entirely new virus. Unfortunately,…

Liberia is a country in West Africa founded, established, and controlled by citizens of the United States and ex-Caribbean slaves a colony for former African American slaves and their free black descendants.It was established in 1821 even though they didn’t declare independence until July 26, 1847. The United States finally accepted and Liberia gained independence on February 5, 1862. Liberia was also the first nation to gain its independence, although it wasn’t the only independent state in…

could get transmitted via infected animals like rabbits, rodents, hares, reptiles, birds, fish ,etc. It could also be airborne via inhalation of aerosols emerged from infected animals (27). Common symptoms could be swelling and pain in lymph glands, fever, chills, headache, fatigue, ulcers in case of insect bites. It can follow many routes for entry like, ulceroglandular, glandular, oculoglandular, oropharyngeal, pneumonic, typhoidal and septic. Different routes can result…

budget for education, their high infant mortality rate, and their high child labor rate. More people may also be leaving the country due to the incredibly high risk of catching major infectious diseases, such as hepatitis A, typhoid fever, dengue fever, yellow fever, Lassa fever, bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, malaria, and rabies. There may also be people leaving for fears of catching ebola, as over fourteen thousand are suspected or confirmed of having the deadly…

INTRODUCTION Public health is the establishment and maintenance of healthful living conditions for the general population. This goal requires organized effort from all levels of government, health institutions and individuals. There are three principle aims that underlie public health efforts. First is the assessment and monitoring of populations, from the community level to the national level, to…