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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).
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 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 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)
What Ebola virus affects the humans?
Ebola seems to be infective exclusively to mammals and especially primates. It produces a high degree of morbidity and mortality in humans, green monkeys macaques, and others. Fruit bats have also been found to harbor indications of Ebola exposure in their livers, but it is thought that bats are not the vector, but actually suffer from the disease itself. The current guess (and it is no more than a guess at this time) is that the reservoir for Ebola may possibly be a long-lived arthropod, but this guess is based on circumstancial evidence and not clinical examination.
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.
How many Americans have Ebola?
2 humans and 2 dogs.
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 did fruit bats get Ebola?
No, fruit bats are in fact hervibores and post no physical threat to humans and animals. However, it should be noted that some bats have been known to carry diseases that are known to be dangerous to humans.
Can humans catch Ebola?
Yes, of course! How else would there have been an African epidemic?
