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    Ebola Virus is a rare, deadly severe virus that causes bleeding in and out the body. Its Origin is Sierra Leone. The virus flows through the body, it messes up the immune system and some organs. For the most part it causes levels of blood-clotting cells to drop. The Ebola Virus leads to, nonstop bleeding. The disease, also known as hemorrhagic fever or Ebola virus, kills 100% of people who are infected. Ebola isn’t as contagious as more common like Marburg, or measles. It spreads to humans with…

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    Why Is Ebola So Dangerous

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    Why Ebola is so Dangerous Ebola outbreaks started in West Africa and is the world’s deadliest outbreak to date. Ebola is an illness with symptoms like a fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, and sore throat. People can get infected by coming into close contact with infected animals or other people as well. To avoid getting infected with this virus don’t get in contact with bodily fluids also don’t get in contact with dead victims because you can be more at risk. How the virus spreads is it…

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    Ebola Virus In “Ebola Virus,” The article explains how EVD or Ebola is a dangerous disease because of its symptoms. Ebola’s symptoms are high fever, vomiting and diarrhea and blood coming from eyes, ears, nose and mouth. The author of the article writes about the history of EVD and how it killed thousands of people. Ebola’s first name was Ebola hemorrhagic fever and it was discovered in the Untied States of America. The symptoms of Ebola appear from two to twenty two days after he, she and it…

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    Documentaries are well-known for appealing to the audience’s emotions. In the 2014 Frontline documentary of the Ebola outbreak, awareness of the devastation and severity of the Ebola virus are brought to the surface. The disease has ravaged the country of Sierra Leone and surrounding territories like Guinea. Community helpers, volunteers, and organizations such as Doctors without Borders came together to service those in need of aid. Unfortunately, the efforts of the doctors and helpers seem…

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    Obstacles in Stopping the Spread of Ebola Many illnesses that we know of can be easily treated, but what do we do if an untreatable disease is spreading? The first human Ebola outbreak occurred in 1976 and mostly subsided until an outbreak in 2014. Ebola has killed 5,000 people since it's outbreak earlier in 2014, and it has not been easy to contain. The biggest obstacles that compromise the containment of Ebola are as follows: fear, the ease of contraction, and the difficulty of treatment.…

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    Ebola Research Paper

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    Ebola: The Next Pandemic Throughout a lifetime, everyone encounters an illness at one point or another. Most people know someone who has had a serious medical condition such as cancer, an autoimmune disease, or a debilitating illness. However, many of these conditions take months or years to develop. Death from a medical condition normally doesn’t happen with in a few days. The Ebola virus is an exception. Soon after this virus invades the human body, hemorrhagic manifestations begin. This…

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    Did a simple chimp start this killer disease? Animal carcasses carry any infection they are carrying for three days after they are dead. When people handle these carcasses they contract the Ebola virus. What areas have restrictions on Ebola, all hospitals are on alert, symptoms of Ebola, U.S. response to Ebola in Africa, world struggles to stop Ebola, Ebola virus causes rapid decline in African wildlife, and the U.S. believes to have promising vaccines for Ebola. Ebola is a dangerous disease…

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    The Ebola outbreak in the United States is one of the most frightening outbreaks, for many reasons. One being that, few people knew how to combat the disease. For example, how does it travel and how do we protect ourselves? These questions are important in all diseases, yet the simple fact is, that we don’t know exactly know all the answers. As Americans, that’s frightening. How do we as the general public protect ourselves from this terrible disease? Better yet, how do we protect our children?…

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    Ebola According to “Why it`s Not Enough to just Eradicate Ebola”, the United States plans to spend $6 billion fighting Ebola. Should other countries spend the same amount of money on preventing the spread of Ebola to other countries or should they leave it to Africa to handle the situation? Is it a good idea to spend all this money on something that could never happen in America again? Yes, the U.S. needs to take whatever steps necessary to stop the spread of Ebola. This is why the U.S. and…

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    Ebola Virus (EBOV)

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    composed of GP1 and GP2 [2]. The viral glycoprotein mediates viral entry into host cells via endocytosis. Entry into the acidic cellular endosome or lysosome causes GP cleavage by proteases, thus releasing the nucleocapsid, and initiating early gene expression [4]. Associated with the nucleocapsid are structural proteins VP35, VP30, and VP24. VP35 and VP24 inhibit host interferons, whereas VP40 functions as a matrix protein to mediate the association between viral GPs and the nucleocapsid [2].…

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