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The theory is that someone got real friendly with a monkey. Actually, the above reflects some of social stigma that comes with AIDS. People tend to focus in on the sexual aspect and forget that it is transferred in many other ways. These include mother to child, blood transfusions, hypodermic use, and others. It is believed that HIV was passed from primates to humans. However, it is not so much a supported theory that in was from bestiality. HIV is believed to have come from the area of the Congo. In that area monkeys are hunted and butchered. During the process of butchering hunters are exposed to the blood and internal organs of the animals. It is suspected that it could have been transferred when an animal was butchered by hunters with open wounds or who may have even slipped and nicked or cut themselves with their knife or on bone. This would also support many more people being infected by the primates seeing that this was a common practice vs the infection coming from a more taboo and isolated practice.
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What caused Ebola?
Ebola is caused by one of four Ebola viruses: Ebola Zaire (most deadly), Ebola Sudan, Ebola Cote d' Ivoire, and Ebola Reston (found in Virgina, US, not deadly to humans)
Are humans a natural reservoir for Ebola?
Yes, humans are considered a natural reservoir for Ebola. This is because so many of them have contracted this deadly virus.
Is Ebola a cancer?
No. They're different. I believe Ebola is contagious between humans, while cancer is not.
Why can monkeys get Ebola?
There are about five strains of Ebola. Four infect monkeys and the fifth is found in fruit bats and now has infected humans. The monkeys can get Ebola like they can get many viral diseases and that is because there are proteins on the surface of the cells of the monkeys that the virus can attach to.
How many Americans have Ebola?
2 humans and 2 dogs.
What is the epizootic cycle of ebola?
Fruit bats and other primates as well as humans can get Ebola. But there is no epizootic cycle for humans. That means that it can be spread from human to human without any carrier (animal).
How does Ebola relate to science?
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (alternatively Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, EHF, or just Ebola) is a very rare, but severe, mostly fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and other primates, caused by the Ebola virus, which is possibly carried by fruit bats.
What type of virus is Ebola?
Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus. There are five identified Ebola virus species, four of which are known to cause disease in humans: Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus); Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus); Taï Forest virus and Bundibugyo virus (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). The fifth, Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus), has caused disease in nonhuman primates, but not in humans.
What is the host or carrier of Ebola virus?
As far as we know, Ebola attacks mostly primates. There is some indication that it may also attack the Afrtican Fruit Bat (and by inference, other mammals as well). Some variants of Ebola, notably Ebola reston, were lethal to monkeys but apparently infected humans although -- in humans -- it remained asymptomatic. Bear in mind that we suspect Ebola has been misdiagnosed quite often, as its symptomology is very similar to many other disorders indigenous to Ebola locale.
How do humans get glucose?
Humans must eat food to acquire glucose.
Can humans catch Ebola?
Yes, of course! How else would there have been an African epidemic?
What microbes cause Ebola?
Ebola virus disease (EVD) or Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a disease of humans and other primates caused by an ebolavirus. Symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus, with a fever, sore throat, muscle pain and headaches.
