EBOLA
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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EBOLA
S'tira Gayle . Kaplan Period 5
Symptoms
- fever,
- Headache
- Muscle Pain
- Diarrhe
- Vomiting, Stomach pain, or unexplained bruising or bleeding
How it Started
- Ebola viruses are found in several African countries. Since then, outbreaks have appeared sporadically in Africa.
Ebola viruses are found in several African countries. Since then, outbreaks have appeared sporadically in Africa.
Causes
- Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus.
Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus.
how it was found
- Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River
- Where originally , Ebola got its name.
How to Avoid Ebola
- •Wash hands frequently or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- •Avoid contact with blood and body fluids of any person, particularly someone who is sick.
- •Do not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids.
- •Do not touch the body of someone who has died from Ebola.
- •Do not touch bats and nonhuman primates or their blood and fluids and do not touch or eat raw meat prepared from these animals.
•Wash hands frequently or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
•Avoid contact with blood and body fluids of any person, particularly someone who is sick.
•Do not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids.
•Do not touch the body of someone who has died from Ebola.
•Do not touch bats and nonhuman primates or their blood and fluids and do not touch or eat raw meat prepared from these animals.
•Avoid contact with blood and body fluids of any person, particularly someone who is sick.
•Do not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids.
•Do not touch the body of someone who has died from Ebola.
•Do not touch bats and nonhuman primates or their blood and fluids and do not touch or eat raw meat prepared from these animals.
BODY
- Feel weakness,
- extreme muscle pain
- Stomach Pain
- Bruising
- Blisters, cuts
Prevention 2
- Avoid funeral homes, burial sites that require handling dead bodies , and body liquids
Avoid funeral homes, burial sites that require handling dead bodies , and body liquid
Types
- Scientist has discoveered other types off speicies of ebola,
- About 3 to 4 different types of Ebola
- Between Animals in Africa And Humans
When do Ebola show up
- It approxiamtly takes up to 2 to 21 days for symptoms to be shown
Treatment
- Nurses & Doctors Providing intravenous fluids and balancing body salts.
Nurses
- 2 nurses have contracted ebola
Fact 1
- Four of the strains can cause severe illness in humans and animals. The fifth, Reston virus,has caused illness in some animals, but not humans.
FACT 1
Four of the strains can cause severe illness in humans and animals. The fifth, Reston virus,has caused illness in some animals, but not humans.
Four of the strains can cause severe illness in humans and animals. The fifth, Reston virus,has caused illness in some animals, but not humans.
Fact 2
- Ebola is extremely infectious but not extremely contagious. It is infectious, because an infinitesimally small amount can cause illness
FACT 2
Ebola is extremely infectious but not extremely contagious. It is infectious, because an infinitesimally small amount can cause illness
Ebola is extremely infectious but not extremely contagious. It is infectious, because an infinitesimally small amount can cause illness
Fact 3
- humans can be infected by other humans by body fluids
Fact 4 (deaths)
Guinea - 1553 cases, 926 deathsLiberia - 4665 cases, 2705 deathsMali - 1 case, 1 death (infection originated in Guinea)Nigeria - 20 cases, 8 deathsSenegal - 1 case, 0 deaths (infection originated in Guinea)Sierra Leone - 3896 cases, 1281 deathsSpain - 1 case, 0 deathsUnited States - 4 cases, 1 death ( two infections originated in the United States, one in Liberia and one in Guinea)
