Filoviridae

Introduction The Ebolavirus is a genus that currently consists of five different Ebola species. This group of viruses is highly dangerous in those it infects with mortality rates approaching 90%. In hierarchal order the genus, Ebolavirus belongs to the filoviridae family in which it is one of three members the others being Marburgvirus and Cuevavirus. Ebolaviruses each contain a single negative RNA strand for genetic transmission, these being transcribed into the positive RNA strand upon cell invasion. The

Introduction The human body is comprised of an abundance of microorganisms that are considered part of our normal and healthy microbiota.8 Most of these microorganisms are typically not injurious, but under certain conditions or when a patient is immunocompromised, some microorganisms may produce infectious diseases.7 Infectious diseases are ailments caused by the opportunistic pathogens already present in our bodies or other harmful microorganisms that were acquired from traveling, hospitals, outdoors

disease is caused by infection with Ebola virus, named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa, where it was first recognized. The virus is one of two members of a family of RNA viruses called the Filoviridae. Three of the four subtypes of Ebola virus identified so far have caused disease in humans: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, and Ebola-Ivory Coast. The fourth, Ebola-Reston, has caused disease in nonhuman primates, but not in humans. Where is

On December 25, 2013, people worldwide were enjoying Christmas with loved ones. However in Meliandou, Guinea, the picture was bleak for a one-year-old boy named Emile and his family (1). Emile had begun shivering, so his concerned parents checked his temperature where they discovered Emile had a fever. They did what any parent would do with a child running a fever; they tried to get the fever down and gave Emile some soup. Despite their best efforts, the fever worsened and would not come down. Shortly

HIV What is HIV/AIDS? HIV stands for Human immunodeficiency Virus. This virus weakens a person 's ability to fight infections. During HIV infection, the virus attacks and destroys the infection-fighting CD4 cells, a type white blood cell. The loss of CD4 cells makes it difficult to fight infections, and so, one would be most susceptible to any and every illness. A person with the loss of 200 and more CD4 cells is said to have the more advanced stage of the HIV infection, acquired immunodeficiency

late 1970s, the international community was alarmed by the discovery of the Ebola virus. (Schwarz and Siegl, 1996) It was the ‘causative agent’ (Peters and Peters, 2015) of EHF (Ebola hemorrhagic fever). Ebola stems from a virus family know as Filoviridae. The virus targets various parts of the body causing a critical sickness of fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and in severe cases bleeding. However, infections do not always lead to death. ‘In previous outbreaks, 40-90% of known infections have resulted

‘Spillover’ by David Quammen is most definitely one of the more unique, yet applicable novels I have read in quite some time. As someone who is interested in attending pharmacy school and ultimately dealing with disease and sickness for the rest of my life, I found it very mesmerizing to learn about how certain zoonotic diseases came to be. With that said, I’ll go right into the first chapter: “Pale Horse”. This chapter focuses on the virus now known as Hendra. It started in a place known as Brisbane

Outline Attention Getter: Do you know about the deadly Ebola virus? Okay, now do you know you can get it as easily as a hand shake or rubbing your eyes, and in less than 10 days die? Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience of the deadly Ebola virus. How they can prevent it, how dangerous and serious this virus can be. What to do if they have any symptoms that can be related to the Ebola virus, treatments etc. Central Idea: The central idea of this research paper is to inform the people

Ebola Virus Ebola virus (EBOV) is considered to be one of the most belligerent contagious agents and has an ability to cause highly fatal hemorrhagic fever syndrome that results in human and non-human primate’s death (NHPs) during the days of exposure. The first notification of the virus was mentioned in the Ebola River valley in Zaire for the time of an outburst in 1976. Moreover, the outbursts have appeared in Africa over the following 27 years, with death rates that differ from 50 to 90%. In

that there are a total of four strains of the virus, with three affecting humans while only one affects primates (Frey 333). All of Ebola’s strains, along with the other similar disease known as Marburg, all are in the same virus family dubbed as Filoviridae (“Ebola Virus” 368). Ever since Ebola was found in Africa, scientists have been working diligently to find a vaccination and hopefully a cure, but their efforts have gone unsuccessful. Ebola can code the infection into a host with only twelve proteins