By Ebony Ebola: Worldwide Annihilation? A movie‚ Outbreak‚ came out some years back and it put the threat of the Ebola virus smack dab in my face. Never‚ at that time‚ had I heard of a real-life present-day killer virus. Of course I learned about the Black Plague that occurred centuries ago killing masses of people. But in my day‚ no. Nothing outside of the common cold. It was horrifying. But this movie was fiction‚ right? The truth that it was based on is what this essay will focus on. This
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you may have contracted the Ebola virus. Ebola was first discovered in the village of Yambuku(1) near the Ebola River in Zaire. Since its discovery‚ there have been four outbreaks of this disease. There are three known strains‚ of variations of ebola. There is no known cure for this disease(2).Ebola has become one of the most mysterious and feared viruses on the face of this earth. Ebola’s first documented appearance was in Zaire in 1976. Noone knows where ebola comes from or what the original
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The Filoviridae family of viruses is where the Ebola virus belongs. The virus is distinguished by long filamentous structure which can present as straight‚ branched‚ and circular or a folded strand with a uniform diameter of approximately 80 nm but can be many different lengths. Liver cells‚ neutrophils‚ endothelial cells and macrophages are specifically targeted by the virus. Large quantities of cytokines are created by infected cells which solicits a large response from the immune system and interrupts
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RESPONSE ARTICLE: IN THE RACE AGAINST TIME‚ MEMBER STATES MUST INCREASE EFFORTS TO STOP EBOLA OUTBREAK In 1976‚ the Ebola virus (named after the Ebola River in Zaire) first emerged in Sudan and Zaire with the first outbreak of Ebola (Ebola-Sudan) infected over 284 people. The disease has a high risk of death‚ killing between 25 percent and 90 percent of those infected with the virus. In March 2014 a major Ebola outbreak in Guinea‚ a western African nation was reported‚ the disease then rapidly spread
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RESEARCHERS IN THEIR QUEST FOR AN EBOLA CURE? More than 4‚000 people have died from Ebola‚ the majority of them in Western Africa in places such as Liberia‚ Sierra Leone and Guinea. There have been multiple Ebola scares in the United States over the past few months. On Wednesday‚ October 15th‚ President Barack Obama finally spoke out about the Ebola virus. NBC news reported that Obama stated "I want people to understand that the dangers of you contracting Ebola‚ the dangers of a serious outbreak
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by a microscopic molecule‚ Ebola. Ebola is a virus that is spread through the contact of human to human body fluids. It is a very infectious disease as seen in mainly West Africa. As of now‚ in a census done by the Worlds Health Organization‚ 5‚177 people have died in that area of the world as of November 11‚ 2014. The virus is the worst in West Africa but it has spread to other parts of the world including America. From a biological basis the virus is remarkable. Ebola‚ when it invades your body
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller‚ The Hot Zone‚ written by Richard Preston works with its main goal of educating society on the disturbing topic of the Ebola virus. It attempts and adequately completes its goal to reveal the terrifying truth of the origins of this deadly virus to the whole of society. It is due to the fact that the Ebola Virus is both highly deadly as well as an infectious disease that it comes as no surprise that it is classified as an exotic “hot” virus. While the book takes place
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Ebola in Sub-Sahara Africa Source: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgsy8RUj31r98we1o1_500.jpg History of Ebola • Ebola is a virus‚ also called Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever • Named after a river in the Democractic Republic of the Congo‚ formerly known as Zaire‚ in Africa‚ where it was first recognized in 1976. • It belongs to a family of RNA viruses called Filoviridae • Four identified subtypes in Africa: Zaire‚ Sudan‚ Ivory Coast and Bundibugyo‚ each named after the region in which they occurred
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The EBOLA VIRUS Disease Every few years‚ a new pandemic hits the globe and sends shivers down everyone’s spines. The latest one making headlines is the Ebola virus‚ that has infected and killed thousands of people in 5 West African countries‚ since the latest outbreak began in March 2014. So what is this disease that scientists have yet to find a cure for‚ and how do people catch it? Background & History The Ebola virus causes a serious and severe illness which is often deadly if untreated.
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It was 1976 when the Ebola virus first appeared in the Republic of the Congo in a village situated near the Ebola River from which the disease received this name. The Ebola virus is comprised of five distinct species; bundibugyo‚ Ivory Coast‚ Reston‚ Sudan‚ and Zaire. Sudan and Zaire species have been associated with large Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreaks in Africa‚ while the Ivory Coast and Reston species have not. EHF is a febrile hemorrhagic illness which causes death in 25 to 90% of all
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