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Marburg is an infectious virus that hinders the lives of many people, often occurring in the most rural regions of Africa (35). The Hot Zone by Richard Preston and “Stalking a Killer” by David Quammen both explain Marburg’s severity, among the other filoviruses, and the proper precautions that occurs when handling this agent. “Stalking a Killer” is an article that touches on Marburg and the different types of Ebola; it tells short accounts of infected victims. The Hot Zone is a study about the…

B. Introduction/Background/History: Ebola is a virus that is very deadly. Four out of five strains can make people sick. While inside of the body it is possible to do the following things: kills cells, full bleeding internally, wrecks the immune system, and harms every organ in the body. It is very infrequent to catch Ebola. The only way that people can get infected with the disease is from direct contact with fluids from those who are already infested with Ebola. C. Content: Ebola was first…

Claudia Schimek English l Mrs. Toews October 2015 Deadly Virus Vaccination “I am terrified that Ebola will evaporate from our memories... The availability of a good and safe vaccine would make an immense difference. We are going to see future outbreaks of Ebola,” said Keiji Fukuda, the assistant director general for health security at the World Health Organisation (WHO) (“Ebola Outbreaks Slow”). This virus has been haunting the earth since prehistoric times, and has just recently become active…

EBOLA VIRUS The ebola is a deadly virus that was first discovered in 1974. The first breakout was in 1976. There have been other breakouts in 2002 and 2014. The symptoms of ebola virus is a high temperature, and vomiting. This virus is primarily found in Africa. Ebola is spread through direct contact with blood or body fluids and can also be transported by bats. There are 4 stages. Stage 1 is the earliest stage. You start to get fever. You need to find a Dr and get treatment right…

normally kill off the infected cells before they can spread. With the dendritic cells disrupted, the T cells are not activated and the virus can multiply uninterrupted. Ebola impedes with interferon production, which is a protein that cells use to fight viral reproduction (MDHealth…

In March of 2014 the world was notified that there were numerous cases of ebola arising in West Africa. For millions of people this was the first that time that they had heard of this disease. However, in 2014, what had once been a problem only seen in African was now spreading into European countries and the United States. As a result numerous countries and nongovernmental organizations worked together to treat the thousands of people suffering from ebola. Now, nearly two years later, the world…

EBOLA VIRUS According to a CDC article on 10/03/2014, Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, outbreaks have appeared in Africa and even reached other continents such as Europe and America. Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains. The virus can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and…

Ebola can have a fatality rate of up to ninety percent. In his novel, The Hot Zone, Richard Preston describes Ebola as, “a kind of obscenity you see only in nature, an obscenity so extreme that it dissolves imperceptibly into beauty.” The virus spreads through all bodily fluids, including blood, vomit, feces, saliva and sweat. Male patients who have recovered from the virus can even pass it on through their semen up to seven weeks after recovery (Elliot). The current outbreak in West Africa has…

(Kevin 2013). Studies suggest that fruit bats of the genus Rousettus have been the main reservoir in Africa and the Philippines (Kevin 2013). Not only are bats a possible reservoir, plants, birds, and arthropods have also been considered for possible viral reservoirs, but also till this day there is not an official reservoir that is known for the Ebola virus. The first person to get infected by this virus must have spread it to other humans by human-to-human transmission, which the person must…

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…