Public service announcement

Ebola

• Ebola is a contagious virus that is rare, yet deadly.
• Ebola spreads by any contact of contaminated bodily fluids.

Symptoms

• Ebola's a deadly disease with contagious late symptoms. These include,
• Bleeding of orifices,
• severe weight loss,
• Death.

Treatments

• Oxygen therapy
• Blood transfusion
• IV fluids

Preventatives

• If you are in Africa people should,
• Wash hands frequently
• Avoid burial ceremonies
• Avoid infected regions.

Current World Statistics

• 28616 Total possible infections
• More than 11310 deaths

Current Studies of treatments

• Scientists are testing animals with the virus, possible treatments to humans.
• Doctors are working on transporting the infected to more functional hospitals.

Basic facts

• The average fatality rate is 50%
• Bleeding is more common In late stages of ebola
• Ebola medication is being created
• Ebola is known as ebola haemorrhagic fever.
• Ebola starter in 1976
• The current ebola outbreak is happening in Guinea

Possible Worries

• Based on the American lifestyle, many people are able to transport disease.
• Americans should be worried about a possible outbreak in the US. because it wil take lots of time, and too many infected for people to realize it is an auctual outbreak
• Americans may also brush it off for another disease and not take it seriously.

Transmitions to research

• One of the larger areas to study preventatives on is the excretion of bodily fluids.
• The Ebola virus increased the output of fluids and makes it easier to transmit the virus.
• If scientists can minimize the excretion of fluids, they can try to stop the outbreak by a margin.

Sources

• "Ebola Virus Disease." World Health Organization. World Health Organization, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2017.

Sources

• "Support CDC's Response to the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa." CDC Foundation. N.p., 03 Mar. 2017. Web. 05 Mar. 2017.

Sources

• "Ebola: "We Must Finish the Job"." MSF USA. N.p., 17 July 2015. Web. 05 Mar. 2017.