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=All About Ebola= By: Hisaaki Yoshitake

Ebola is one of the most dangerous virus that infects you. It has a morality of 53-88%. Ebola is an endemic in Africa and in the Philippines. Scientist conducted Ebola must be a Biosafety level 4. (AIDS/HIV is Biosafety Level is 2). Ebola is also known as the Haemorrhagic Fever.

How Can Ebola Transmit?

 * Ebola transmit can be directed blood to blood contact, organs or other body fluids of the infected person.
 * In burial ceremony where mourners have a direct body contact of the infected person which can be a perfect role for the Ebola to spread.
 * The infection of human Ebola Virus can also be spread by touching animals for example Chimpanzee's and Gorillas, it can be dead or alive.
 * Doctors and Nurses have been infected while treating the patient with Ebola through close contact and incorrect infection control.

**Symptoms For Ebola**

 * Ebola is a sudden fever that intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and soar throat. Then it is usually followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rash, kidney problems and problems of liver function. In worst cases the livers or kidney starts bleeding.

**Therapy And Vacine**

 * In worst cases you need intensive supportive care because the infected patient will get dehydrated all the time. So you will need intravenous fluid or oral rehydration.
 * Unfortunately there is no specific treatment or cure for Ebola. Several Vaccine has been tested out in the past 10 years but none of them had been to become success. A new drug therapy is being promised in lab studies.
 * Using hyper-immune sera on animals have shown no protection against the Ebola.

**How can we prevent Ebola?**

 * We can prevent Ebola when nurses or doctors are handling blood they should all be wearing masks, googles, gloves, gowns etc.
 * Ebola can be also spread by contact with solid clothing or bed linings from an patient with Ebola. Before using any equipments you should all Disinfection.
 * Communities with Ebola should be well inform all population about the updated facts of Ebola.

**History Of Ebola**
Between june to November in 1976 284 people were infected in sudan causing 151 to die. In Congo there were 318 people infected and 283 of them died. In 1989 the virus was isolated from 1989 to 1996 in America. Several outbreaks of Monkeys dead in the zoo in Virginia and in the Philippines. In Gabon in year 1996,60 cases were reported and 48 of them concerned death. In year 2000 in Gulu in the northwest of Uganda 425 people were infected and 295 people died. This was the largest epidemic so far. This was the first emergency of Ebola in Sudan since 1979. From October 2001 to December 2003 several outbreaks of Ebola were reported in Gabon and the republic of Congo. 302 cases were reported and 254 deaths were confirmed.

**Video/ Pictures**

 * 1) **http://health.allrefer.com/pictures-images/ebola-virus.html (Picture)**
 * 2) **http://wvlc.uwaterloo.ca/biology475/default.htm (Picture)**
 * 3) **http://www.bepast.org/dataman.pl?c=lib&dir=docs/photos/Ebola (Picture)**
 * 4) **http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Ebola (Picture)**
 * 5) **http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeKQLA-WSnA (Video)**
 * 6) **http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUWUG8RrWvo&feature=related (Video)**
 * 7) **http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mznK_nbyRzg&feature=related (Video)**
 * 8) **http://video.who.int/streaming/Ebola_outbreak_drc_2007.wmv (Video)**

Reference

 * http://www.youtube.com/
 * http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/
 * http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/filo/filo.html
 * http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/
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