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Is Ebola a virus or disease?
Ebola is a virus disease.
What pathogens is Ebola made from?
Ebola is caused by a pathogenic virus. Four of the five strains can make people, monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees sick. The fifth virus causes disease in those animals but not in people. The strain in the current outbreak is the most lethal one.
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 doctors do to treat a person that have Ebola disease?
Ebola virus disease is a viral illness.Treatment is mostly supportive with fluid therapy,analgesics etc.
What is the current most deadly disease?
The Ebola virus is the current most deadly disease.
What is the common name for Ebola virus?
The Ebola virus is the actual name of the pathogen that causes Ebola. Yes, it is a virulent pathogen, but that is to the name, just a description.
What does the word pathogenic mean?
Pathogenic means "having the ability to cause disease".
What is africas worst endemic disease?
hiv and aids
Does pathogen cause Mumps?
Mumps is caused by a virus, so it is a pathogenic disease.
What is the Ebola and virus name?
The Ebola virus is very deadly but not easy to catch. Ebola is a non air-born disease. This means it can not spread throughout the air. The Ebola disease gets in contact with its host, then gets into the blood steam. During this process it would take about 1-2 weeks before it kills its host.
How main strains of the Ebola virus are there?
There are five strains of ebola virus. The Zaire ebola virus in 1976, Sudan ebola virus in 1976, Reston ebola virus in 1989, Cote d'Ivoire virus in 1994, Bundibugyo ebola virus discovered in the year 2007.
Is Ebola a virus or bacteria?
It is a virus. Ebola is a RNA virus.
