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Ebola Virus

Ebola Virus. Sadie Fuson, Gina Cackovic, and Abby Steer. Type of Disease:. The Ebola virus is classified under the Filovirus family. There are also four types of the Ebola virus: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Ivory Coast(Tai), and Ebola-Reston. Description of Disease:.

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Ebola Virus

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  1. Ebola Virus Sadie Fuson, Gina Cackovic, and Abby Steer

  2. Type of Disease: • The Ebola virus is classified under the Filovirus family. • There are also four types of the Ebola virus: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Ivory Coast(Tai), and Ebola-Reston.

  3. Description of Disease: • Severe fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates

  4. History of Disease: • 1st outbreak infected over 284 people, 53% mortality rate (1976) • 2ND outbreak 88% mortality rate, infected 318 people • 3rd strain (1989) infected monkeys were imported into Reston, Virginia, from Mindanao in the Philippines • Natural reservoir was never identified

  5. Symptoms: First: Followed By: • Fever • Headaches • Joint aches • Muscle aches • Sore throat • Weakness • Diarrhea • Vomiting • Stomach pain • Rash • Red eyes • Hiccups • Internal/external bleeding

  6. Transmission of Disease: • Ebola is spread from human to human • Occurs through direct contact with patients who have Ebola, or direct contact with their body fluids • Occurs most often when an infected person is in the late stages of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

  7. Where it originated: • Ebola got it’s name from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formally Zaire), in Africa, where it was first recognized

  8. Cures or Treatments: • There is no treatment for Ebola • Patients just have to take therapy • Patients usually die in the early stages of Ebola

  9. Works Cited: • "Ebola, Hanta, and Hemorrhagic Fevers." Ebola, Hanta, and Hemorrhagic Fevers. N.p.. Web. 26 Feb 2013. • "Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 09 Apr 2012. Web. 26 Feb 2013. • Waterman, Tara. "Brief General History of Ebola." Brief General History of Ebola. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb 2013. • "Welcome to the Ebola Channel." EmedTV. Clinaero, Inc. Web. 26 Feb 2013.

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