Ebola Research Paper

Learning many things from Ebola outbreak gave the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a great inside on how to respond to the Zika virus in regards to educating the public, provide adequate staffing personnel and collaboration with other cities and countries. The CDC websites states that they are a nation’s health protection agency which works 24/7 to protect all Americans from any of threats, health and safety whether they are domestic or foreign. Its main function is to protect the public well-being and provide the most current accurate information in regards to

Ebola is a virus that is transmitted to other individuals through direct contact with blood and body fluids of those infected (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). In the most recent outbreak in 2014, the video Ebola Outbreak (2014) illustrated that the virus quickly became a worldwide epidemic. As the virus became so widespread throughout Africa, Ebola-infected so many people in such a short time frame. While the organization, Doctors without Borders was intimately involved early on, they quickly learned that the manpower they had to offer was not nearly enough. The group identified that they had no way of performing contact tracing, which is a way of following patients that were contaminated and quickly led to additional cases of infection in astronomical numbers. According to the follow-up video, Outbreak (2014) the organization Doctors without Borders communicated to the World Health Organization (WHO) made a valiant

On November 14, 2014, they said that this disease has killed at least 5,177 people. Not only has it already killed many people there is around 4500 probable cases of Ebola. This disease can lead to severe bleeding, organ failure, and can end in death. The virus spreads by contact of body fluids of infected patients. Signs of having the disease can show from 2 to 21 days, however the average is 8 to 10 days. The patient’s chance of recovery is dependant on the care received. Once someone recovers from Ebola they will have antibodies that can last up to 10 years.

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare deadly infection that is caused by one of five identified strains of the Ebola virus.

Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River which is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are five identified ebola virus species: Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus); Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus); Taï Forest virus (Taï Forest ebolavirus); and the Bundibugyo virus (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). The fifth, Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus), causes disease in nonhuman primates. There have been ebola outbreaks in Africa starting in 1976 and lasting until 2016. These outbreaks have occurred as a result of human to human contact with bodily fluids which happens mostly during funerals of the deceased and population migration between countries. Patterns between outbreaks could potentially

Wendy Orent, writing this article after the Ebola outbreak, states that Ebola doesn’t have what it takes to produce a pandemic. Orent believes that there’s no way the next pandemic will spring on us, unlike the ideas of Frank Macfarlane, a virologist. Orent’s theory is that the only way a real pandemic can happen is through social conditions like refugee camps or crowded hospitals.

The savage Ebola flare-up clearing over three nations in West Africa is prone to last 12 to year and a half all the more, any longer than expected, and could taint a huge number of individuals before it is brought under control, say researchers mapping its spread for the national government.

During class, we watched the NOVA special Ebola: The Plague Fighters. This was an event that dealt with how Kikwit, a city that holds roughly 400,000 people in Zaire (which is now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo). During this NOVA special, there were many examples of how humans evolve and how evolutionary processes in regards to disease and human survivorship. This essay will only talk about the few major examples that were shown which include: cultural evolution (the ability to have doctors from everywhere help, and the ability to quarantine the city) and biological evolution (how we become resistant to the ebola).

The 2014 Ebola outbreak was the first occurrence of Ebola in West Africa, killing thousands of people. The epidemic caused panic worldwide as the World Health Organization (WHO) struggled to contain what it claimed would be a brief outbreak. It was through this unsuccessful response that the WHO came under increased scrutiny. Investigations into the WHO revealed deficiencies across many aspects of the organization. Most notably, the WHO was criticized for its lack of emergency preparedness, its ineffective implementation of the International Health Regulations, and its failure to respond to the outbreak with the necessary force. While these criticisms questioned

The Ebola Virus is an extremely deadly virus found in Africa. There have been multiple outbreaks across Africa and one in the United States. The Ebola virus basically causes uncontrollable bleeding externally and internally. Then your organs become liquefied. This usually results in death(www.encyclopedia.com). The following report contains info on the characteristics and history of the Ebola Virus.

tested to confirm infection. Ebola virus is detected in blood only after onset of symptoms, most notably

2015 began, with the world receiving a sobering message. Not only have the number of Ebola cases gone above 20,000, but in some affected countries, mostly Sierra Leone, the virus is still spreading. The death toll is now up to 8,000 and the common answers to how this outbreak got so large so quickly, bad governance, poverty, cultural practices, endemic disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and all this leads to the questioning of the poor public health response and services. Most critics are moving to the structural causes of weak health systems and showing that international lending policies, including and especially those of the IMF, should take most of the blame.

The symptoms of Ebola are a fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, vomiting, stomach pain, sore throat, diarrhea, weakness and occasionally read eyes, rashes, hiccups, and internal and external bleeding and since these symptoms are not specific to Ebola, it is difficult to clinically diagnose and can often be confused with other viruses. The ELISA testing, short for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and virus isolation are a couple of examples of the types of laboratory testing that can be done to diagnose and Ebola patient. Because of how easily it can be transmitted, it is extremely difficult to treat and there is no approved, official treatment. As of now, there is not standard treatment but usually the patients are given fluids and oxygen, have their blood pressure monitored and other necessary treatment. To prevent transmission and spreading the virus, the doctors use extreme caution and wear head to toe protective gear and isolate the patient. Even though the Ebola virus is common in Africa, there has been no known outbreak in the United States. Another difficulty facing scientists and the treatment for Ebola is that the natural reservoir for the virus unknown. The natural reservoir of a virus is it’s long term host of the

I n this paper I will be explaining the disease of Ebola and the frequency, incidence, prevalence, death rates, crude mortality rates, infant mortality rates. I also will be comparing the dieses occurrences, relative risks and also the attributable risks also.

Normally infecting fruit bats, the Ebola virus found a mutation allowing it to spread to humans. This virus is an acute and often fatal illness. This virus first erupted in two outbreaks in 1976 (one occurring in Nzara and Sudan, while the other occurred in a village near the Ebola river, where the virus takes its name.) The current outbreak, starting in West Africa with the potential to spread throughout the world,  is  larger and more complex than previous outbreaks. This virus has caused more deaths than all other past Ebola outbreaks combined. With approximately five people infected with the virus every hour in Sierra Leone alone, how far – and how fast – will the Ebola virus go?