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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (or Ebola Virus Disease) is named for the Ebola River in the Republic of the Congo, where it first appeared. It is a deadly disease that infects primates, such as monkeys and gorillas, as well as humans. As many as 90% of infected patients die. It is spread by blood and other body fluids and the infection can go from human to human or from animals to humans. At this time, there is no cure.
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Do you have to be in the hospital if you have Ebola?
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) is a Biosafety Level 4 contagion (there is no cure or vaccine to prevent it.) and is highly contagious. depending on the sub-type of the virus there is up to a 90% fatality rate. A person who is showing signs and symptoms of EHF infection should be quarantined to determine if they are infected or not. Other than supportive care hospitals can do nothing to treat EHF, and barrier nursing and universal bio-hazard precautions should be used with any Hemorrhagic Fever patient
Yes. Of those treated by rehydration, about 50% live. Most of the countries where this is now are poor and the rate is close to 95%.
What happens when you suvive Ebola?
You will become immune to Ebola if you survive it. Some after effects include joint and bone pain, eye and vision complications such as uveitis and blindness.
Is Ebola genetically inherited?
No, it is a disease that you get from others who are infected. It is similar to how colds are passed on.
What is the flesh eating disease called that sounds similar to bola?
When someone mentions "flesh eating disease" they are usually referring to Necrotising fasciitis (NF), which doesn't sound much like "bola".
The "brain eating amoeba" is Naegleria fowleri - which doesn't sound much like "bola" either.
The disease that sound most similar to "bola" is Ebola, aka Ebola virus disease (EVD), aka Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF). It isn't a flesh eating disease but it IS virulent. Ebola is known to cause internal and external bleeding due to decreased blood clotting - resulting in bloody stools, vomiting (or coughing up) blood, and/or bleeding into the whites of the eyes. Death usually comes from low blood pressure from fluid loss. It kills around 50% of those infected within about 2 weeks, but that's only an average - mortality ranges during past outbreaks have ranged from ~25% to 90%+ (probably depending on the strain, conditions in the area where the outbreak occurs, and the availability of advanced medical care).
What is the antigen that causes Ebola?
The Ebola disease is caused by one of four ebola variants, BDBV, EBOV, SUDV or TAFV. They all come from the same place, however; Congo. Where the first Ebola virus was first found.
Rodents are not considered natural hosts for the Ebola virus; the main reservoirs are believed to be certain species of bats. While some studies have suggested that rodents might be capable of harboring or carrying the virus under certain conditions, they are not known to play a significant role in the transmission of Ebola to humans. The primary transmission occurs through contact with infected animals or bodily fluids of infected individuals. Overall, the risk of rodents transmitting Ebola is very low compared to bats.
Us is known for the integrity. Ebola will not enter US. Even if if enters there, the problem will be managed effectively. US is the best!
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.
There’s almost no historical precedent for any virus to change its basic mode of transmission so radically. Even viruses that are well adapted to attacking the respiratory system often have a hard time getting transmitted through the airways. Consider the experience so far with avian flu, which is easily transmitted through the air in birds but hasn’t yet mutated to become easily spreadable in that fashion among people. So in one word, no.
Who was the first person to get Ebola virus?
The Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976 after outbreaks of the virus in Zaire and Sudan.
The virus is named after one of the first places where there was an outbreak, along the Ebola River in the DRC.
The host is believed to be fruit bats and monkeys and is then spread to humans who either handle or consume infected meat. Once in humans it is transfered via body fluids to others. It basically affects the internal organs of the infected person and causes death by "bleeding out".
Where was Ebola virus first identified in 1976?
The Ebola virus was first identified in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). The outbreak occurred in a remote village, leading to significant mortality among the local population. This initial identification marked the beginning of ongoing research and public health efforts to understand and combat the virus.
Not specifically. It is an hemoragic virus transmitted by touch from an infected, symptomatic person.
How does Robby get infected with the Ebola virus in the movie Outbreak?
She got pricked with a needle she was giving a patient with the virus.
No, ebola does not kill everyone, but the mortality rate has been about 70% in Africa.
How the US government handled the Ebola virus?
When the Ebola virus was on the verge of an outbreak in washington, the US government sent the United States Army Medical Research of Infecsious Diseases to contain it. The book "The Hot Zone" By Richard Preston describes this very well.
