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Varun Pullakandam and Aaditiya Nair
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This is a viral disease
Symptoms: High fever, muscle pain, red eyes vomiting
bloody, black liquid, holes in blood vessels
It was never in the USA
First seen in Zaire, a disease that erupted in the rain
forest, in the town of Nzara.
Here twenty thousand people died.
Ebola outbreaks occurred in Africa from 1976-1995.
Death rate of crab eating macaques in Roston, Virginia
caused by Ebola tripled in one year.
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One way of it being spread is through
Nosocomical Infections, diseases that originate
or occur in a hospital or hospital-like setting.
If one patient has the disease it may spread to
others, because of the lack of good hygiene in
some of these hospitals in Africa.
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Another way is being spread though the body
fluids of the people who are infected, and as
before, this is spread in hospitals.
Transmission of the Ebola virus has also
occurred by handling sick or dead infected
wild animals (chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys,
forest antelope, fruit bats).
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Education: Speak to hospital staff and make sure
they know how to handle Ebola.
Isolation: Ebola patients are isolated in private
rooms
Stopping the spread: Officers ask around for news
of Ebola victims who have not sought treatment by
hospital.
Community education: Local Volunteers travel
through the community and explain symptoms.
Encourage to get help.
Sometimes antibiotics like Penicillin is used to kill
the virus from spreading.
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Scientists hope to find a cure for Ebola.
There is a special type of bat called the
“African-fruit-eating” bat which does not die
from Ebola virus after being infected.
So they are trying to make a vaccine pertaining
to the bat’s immune system.
Scientists are also highly encouraging
Quarantine, so the Ebola virus cannot be
spread as easily.
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Most of the 20-30 age group
seems to be particularly
susceptible.
People living close to rain forests
are susceptible to Ebola
People in unsanitary countries
such as Zaire and Sudan are
susceptible to this disease.
Also people with weakened immune
systems, or more specifically the children
are also susceptible to this disease.
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First seen in 1976 DRC, a mysterious disease
erupted in the rain forest near the town of
Nzara.
Twenty thousand people died here.
Ebola outbreaks occurred in Africa from 19761995
Also happened in Cote D’Ivore and Gabon.
So far 150 deaths in Sudan has been associated
with Ebola.
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