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QOTD #47 – View the viral images below & list any observations & inferences that come to mind.

QOTD #47 – View the viral images below & list any observations & inferences that come to mind. EBOLA. Ebola is a communicable disease caused by a virus that is transmitted from person to person via body fluids. Abdominal Pain Chest Pain Blood Can’t Clot Severe Bleeding GI Tract Skin

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QOTD #47 – View the viral images below & list any observations & inferences that come to mind.

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  1. QOTD #47 – View the viral images below & list any observations & inferences that come to mind.

  2. EBOLA

  3. Ebola is a communicable diseasecaused by a virus that is transmitted from person to person via body fluids.

  4. Abdominal Pain Chest Pain Blood Can’t Clot Severe Bleeding GI Tract Skin Internal Organs Injection Sites Muscle Aches Fever & Chills Headaches Respiratory Problems Kidney Problems Vomiting Diarrhea Shock Symptoms of Ebola

  5. Prognosis • Ebola Zaire 90% Fatal • Ebola Sudan 60% Fatal • Ebola Tai – not enough information • Ebola Reston – not fatal to humans

  6. “AIDs is child’s play compared with [Ebola]” – Nurse Mayinga

  7. Ebola vs. Smallpox

  8. Smallpox The Ultimate Human Disease

  9. Smallpox Virus Particle • Communicable • Symptoms • Fever • Malaise • Vomiting • Headache • Backache • Lesions • Centrifugal Rash

  10. Prognosis • Researchers believe Smallpox may be contracted by inhaling as few as 3-5 virions • Approximately 1/3 of those infected die • Nearly wiped out Native Americans

  11. Eradication? • 1967 - the World Health Organization decided to eradicate Smallpox • People around the world were vaccinated • 1978 – Last documented case of Smallpox • Smallpox the disease is no more • Smallpox the virus is housed in Moscow & at the CDC in Atlanta…

  12. What will the future hold? • CDC – Research • New Vaccines • Biological Weapons? • Will eradication remain permanent?

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