Ebola By Marco Broccoli. What is it? Ebola is an infectious disease that affects humans and monkeys....
Transcript of Ebola By Marco Broccoli. What is it? Ebola is an infectious disease that affects humans and monkeys....
What is it?
Ebola is an infectious disease that affects humans and monkeys. It is classified as a filovirus which is a one stranded RNA virus.
BackgroundDr. Ngoy Mushola was the first person to discover the virus. He discovered Ebola in 1976.It is a level 4 virus which means there is no vaccine. Ebola mostly targets non-human primates and has killed 25% of earths gorillas.
Types
There are four know types Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Ivory Coast, and Ebola-Reston-the only strand that occurred outside of Africa.
Routes of Infection Contact with infected bodily fluids and/or
tissues
Inhaling or ingesting contaminated material
Injected with contaminated material
Curing Ebola
So far, the best way to fight against a virus is a vaccine. The way a vaccine works is that the doctor or nurse injects a small part of the virus into the patient but just enough to trigger the antibodies. They cant do that with Ebola because they believe it is to deadly to have injected into someone.
The Clean-up
1. Wear hazmat suits for protection
2. Destroy the source
3. Clean the area
4. Spend three months on quarantine or demolish the building
Where is the Natural Reservoir?
A natural reservoir is were the virus exists in nature. Scientist think it is some were in North-West Africa
How to Avoid it Wash your hands
Stay away from infected individual
No contact with infected bodily fluids or tissue
Be careful when you eat monkey
The Aftermath
You might think when the epidemic is over, its over. WRONG! There is the aftermath. This is were you have all the bodies together. This is were the second wave could happen. If you do not dispose of the bodies correctly that’s the result.
BibliographyBook
Draper, Alison, Ebola, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2002
Sites
Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpj0emEGShQ&feature=relate Monday, May 28, 2012
Schoestadt, Arthur, MD, Ebola Symptoms, http://ebola.emedtv.com/ebola/ebola-symptoms.html Monday, May 28, 2012
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Virus Monday, May 28, 2012
Newspaper
Mabeus, Courtney, Army researchers closer to virus treatments, Fredrick News-Post, March 14, 2012, Separate Article