Mononegavirales

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is a non-fiction novel about the origin of Ebola and its effects on people and the outbreak of Ebola in a monkey house. Preston also goes into details about the symptoms of Ebola and the different strains of Ebola,which are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Sudan. Preston really informs about the dangers of Ebola and what it can do to the human body and what must be done to prevent the virus from spreading around the world and causing an epidemic. Undoubtedly this novel gives us true facts that would help us in the future if we were ever to come across this virus in the future. For example, in the novel Preston describe the symptoms that occur in the body when infected for instance, ”The mask like face, the red eyes, and the bloody nose were classic signs of Ebola that appear in all primates infected with the virus, both monkeys and humans.” Nevertheless knowing the early signs of Ebola helps us to act quickly to solve the problem and isolate the virus from spreading much further. Furthermore, it also lets us know when to take necessary precaution, because Ebola is transmitted through blood. Knowing all this information helps people understand what Ebola is and how you can stop the transmission. Ebola is a serious virus and shouldn’t be taken lightly. This is a deadly virus any information on it is helpful to everyone no matter what they think of it. Of course the information presented in the novel seem to be overly…

INTRODUCTION The Ebola virus disease (EVD) was first identified in 1976 during two simultaneous outbreaks, one in Sudan and the other in Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then there have been 24 outbreaks involving 28,635 reported cases and 11,314 deaths according to the World Health Organization (REFERENCE). EVD is an example of an “emerging/ re-emerging” pathogen, due to its divergent genomes and sporadic outbreaks causing severe hemorrhaging fever in humans and non-human primates. The…

Ebola virus disease EVD or “Ebola” is a severe human and non-human primate disease caused by Ebola viruses. These viruses belongs to the family: Filoviridae, Genus: Ebolavirus, Species: Tai forest ebolavirus (TAFV), Reston ebolavirus (RESTV), Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV), Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) and Bundibugy ebolavirus (BOBV) (Bukreyev et al., 2014). Zaire ebolavirus or simply Ebola virus (EBOV) is the most virulent of the genus and accounts for the highest numbers of outbreaks. The virus spreads by…

Rabies, the disease known for the foaming mouth and causing havoc in animals. But there's more to this disease, it's origins and other symptoms that make it stick out from other illnesses. 55k people die each year because of rabies, though there are vaccines. This enveloped disease is carried in the saliva of an animal, it's body in general - making the carcass of the animal infectious to be around, luckily because it is an enveloped disease, it does not survive long outside the body. Rabies…