☢ Ebola ☢ New world disease

[blackopspaul 753]

                    

Hey!

Ebola is a frightening, unpredictable disease. Nearly 5,000 West Africans have died from the current outbreak with more than 13,000 people thought infected. (New statistics from 4/11/14)

Facts about Ebola: As new diseases pop up every day a currently one on the lose is sweeping regions of Guinea, but has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

 

 

1.) West African countries are struggling with the worst Ebola outbreak in history, one that has begun to spread to other nations.

 

2.)   There is no vaccine or cure for Ebola - a hemorrhagic fever with a fatality rate of up to 90% percent that causes symptoms ranging from flu-like pains to internal and external bleeding caused by kidney and liver failure.

 

3.) Ebola's suspected origin is forest bats and it can be transmitted between humans by touching victims or through bodily fluids. The virus was first identified in 1976 in what is now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

 

4.) Since 1976, there have been 34 known cases and outbreaks of Ebola, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Before the latest outbreak, the deadliest episode was the first, in 1976,which killed 280 in central Africa.

 

5.) Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are considered to be the natural host of the Ebola virus.

 

6.) The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.

 

7.) EVD (Ebola VIRUS Disease)  outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests.

 

8.) EVD (Ebola VIRUS Disease) outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90%.

 

9.) Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains. Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).

 

10.) Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus. There are five identified Ebola virus species, four of which are known to cause disease in humans: Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus); Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus); Taï Forest virus (Taï Forest ebolavirus, formerly Côte d’Ivoire ebolavirus); and Bundibugyo virus (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). The fifth, Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus), has caused disease in nonhuman primates, but not in humans.

 

 

☢The first sign of Ebola ☢

 

 

Fever: Increase in body temperature is the first defense mechanism that the body uses to kill any foreign particle invading the body. When Ebola infects the body, it causes a release of various compounds like cytokines and histamines that pass on the signals of increasing body temperature. In fact, Ebola virus disease is also called the Ebola haemorrhagic* fever, where the temperature can go above 38.6°C or 101.5°F. 

 

Headache: It is the most common symptom of Ebola infection after fever, present in almost 96 percent of the cases. Nausea and headache along with fever present a typical case of common cold and flu. At this stage, the symptoms can be confused with other common infections.

 

Stomach pain: A few viral particles invade the liver and starts destroying the hepatocytes*. New virions* start damaging the intestinal cells causing abdominal pain.

 

Drop in blood pressure: The cytokines and histamines released by the immune cells, soon after the entry of the virus in the body, increases the permeability of the cells lining the blood vessels. This causes leakage of water from the blood into the surrounding tissues and a sudden drop in blood pressure. 

 

 

Definitions 

 

*Hepatocyte: A hepatocyte is a cell of the main tissue of the liver.

 

*Virions: A complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infective form of a virus.

 

*haemorrhagic: Refer to a group of illnesses that are caused by several distinct families of viruses

 

 

Found this online about the difference between Ebola and air formed infections.

 

 

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How did it all start?

Past outbreaks of the virus have been linked to people hunting gorillas and chimps for food, or eating dead apes they find in the jungle. There are no gorillas in West Africa, so specialists think this outbreak is linked to fruit bats. In 2007 in Uganda, an Ebola outbreak was traced to “a couple of kids playing with fruit bats in a cave. They came home with two dead fruit bats and the mothers cooked them,” said Dr. Estrella Lasry, a tropical medicine adviser to Doctors Without Borders.Researchers still don’t know the exact cause of this particular outbreak, but it might have to do with the local practice of eating bats for food.

Timeline of EBOLA 

 

 

Date    |  Country   |       Description 

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1976~    Zaire               Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic                                        Republic of Congo.The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its                                    name.

                          

1977~    Sudan            Noted retroactively in the village of Tandala.

 

1979~    Zaire               Occurred in Nzara, Maridi. Recurrent outbreak at the same site as the 1976 Sudan epidemic.

 

1989~   Sudan              RESTV was introduced into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Pennsylvania by monkeys imported                                                  from the Philippines.

 

1990~   USA                RESTV was introduced once again into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Texas by monkeys imported                                            from the Philippines. Four humans developed antibodies but did not get sick.

 

2000-2001 Uganda        Occurred in Gulu, Masindi, and Mbarara districts of Uganda. The three greatest risks associated with Ebola                                      virus infection were attending funerals of Ebola hemorrhagic fever case-patients, having contact with case-                                        patients in one's family, and providing medical care to Ebola case-patients without using adequate personal                                      protective measures.

 

2001-2002     

Congo+Gabon              Occurred over the border of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. This was the first time that Ebola                                                  hemorrhagic fever was reported in the Republic of the Congo.

 

2002-2003 Congo          Occurred in the districts of Mbomo and Kéllé in Cuvette Ouest Département.

 

 

2013–2014

Dec–present                  The most severe Ebola outbreak in recorded history in regards to both the number of human cases and                                             fatalities. It began in Guéckédou, Guinea[40] and spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia. Several cases have                                         occurred in Nigeria, in travelers from infected areas, and subsequently in health care workers.

 

 

 

The two Americans 

Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol have been discharged from Emory University Hospital after their terrifying bouts with Ebola, it's unclear if the experimental drug they were given is what led to their cure.With all due respect, we don't have any idea whether this helped them get better, had no impact or even, unlikely, made their recovery delayed," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the Daily News.Fauci's team will begin trials on an Ebola vaccine, which prevents the virus instead of treating those already infected, in the fall.

 

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More facts:

>  If you are sniffling and sneezing, you produce microorganisms that can get on stuff in a room. If people touch them, they could be infected!

>  Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person.

 

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~@blackopspaul out!

 

 

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I will update more of it as more info comes out!

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Have your say about this disease in this topic below me, thanks :)

 

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Edited March 30, 2015 by blackopspaul

[Guest Maserati]

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[UnKnown_AngeLz 670]

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[blackopspaul 753]

Updated.

Updated about the two Americans that were "cured" from the Ebola. 

Edited August 24, 2014 by blackopspaul

[pio909 0]

Good topic brother :)

and  :o

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

I did hear from somewhere that originally Ebola was not such a big threat because it resided deep in the jungle.

So not only did it come into little to no contact in humans, but it was very sensitive to UV rays, so it couldn't survive.

But something about it mutating, and able to withstand UV rays better than before. . . .

 

I heard that from somewhere. . .so it may not exactly be true.

 

Anywho, weren't there two survivors? Those two Americans were tested with two vaccines, and I think it worked. They got released back to the public, fully healed, I think.

[Eragon 13,876]

looks like all diseases spreads from Africa  :ph34r:  (SAC)   

[Latvian_troller 63]

Some dude came from Sierra Leone to Spain and apparently died from Ebola  :ph34r:  It has started to spread to Europe  :ph34r:  Also another from Sierra Leone was British originally but came back because of the Outbreak went to Ireland.

that irish guy was tested negative

and yeah, i've also heard that a cure already exists

Edited August 24, 2014 by Latvian_troller

[jokersus.cava 1,503]

that irish guy was tested negative

and yeah, i've also heard that a cure already exists

Unfortunately, cure will never exist because it's a viral enfection. Whenever we try to cure it, it will be more powerful. Finally, the whole world will be sick and I believe this virus will be our end. So, it's better to not treat it and make the sick people's life perfect. At least, they can die happily...

Ebola is cureless and it will always be :( ...

[Tofu 6,773]

:O i just hope it doesnt get to asia but still :O

[ognjen556 231]

1 patient has been reported in our country, Sri Lanka. about 90km away from India, don't be so sure. Hope they find a cure quick, or eradicate it. 

Edited August 24, 2014 by ognjen556

[LaLisa_My_Queen 271]

Mix some of the the elements and there you have a cure for the disease.

*Science*

(You guys know what elements I'm talking about right ?)

[jokersus.cava 1,503]

can't you guys read, it is and will always be cureless.

[falcosenna1 8,320]

Very interesting. :)

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

can't you guys read, it is and will always be cureless.

How do you know that?

[jokersus.cava 1,503]

How do you know that?

Because it's a viral enfection. And all viruses are like that.

[Irontank1v 836]

Unfortunately, cure will never exist because it's a viral enfection. Whenever we try to cure it, it will be more powerful. Finally, the whole world will be sick and I believe this virus will be our end. So, it's better to not treat it and make the sick people's life perfect. At least, they can die happily...

Ebola is cureless and it will always be :( ...

That doesn't mean there is no cure. There are plenty of ways we can exploit virus structure for its weaknesses. They might develop resistance but this will take some time. Even if they do, for example, the old classic penicillin is useless nowadays as most of the bacteria have developed resistance towards it, but instead we use modified versions of penicillin (for example adding an extra ring in its structure) which can bypass some of the resistant machineries developed by bacteria.

[jokersus.cava 1,503]

That doesn't mean there is no cure. There are plenty of ways we can exploit virus structure for its weaknesses. They might develop resistance but this will take some time. Even if they do, for example, the old classic penicillin is useless nowadays as most of the bacteria have developed resistance towards it, but instead we use modified versions of penicillin (for example adding an extra ring in its structure) which can bypass some of the resistant machineries developed by bacteria.

but virus will develop itself again and again. This can't last forever, can it?

[r_davinson46463a0 147]

can we donate to help them??

[blackopspaul 753]

Some dude came from Sierra Leone to Spain and apparently died from Ebola  :ph34r:  It has started to spread to Europe  :ph34r:  Also another from Sierra Leone was British originally but came back because of the Outbreak went to Ireland.

Yes the Donegal  man was set to have Ebola but the test came back negative.They are currently investigating a West African family for Ebola after arriving in the county a week or so ago.

Edited August 24, 2014 by blackopspaul

[blackopspaul 753]

can we donate to help them??

Unsure about it yet but they need money for research so there probable is donation things  in some country's.

[eri1428 19]

God help the victims and us all at large,help the scientists give them knowledge to find the cure for Ebola before it reaches to us the far countries.

[r_Quick.Silver0 103]

Good Topic!

 

But it is starting to freak me out!

[blackopspaul 753]

Good Topic!

 

But it is starting to freak me out!

Thanks and there is diseases out there and i am just telling people about Ebola (who don't know anything about this)  

[r_Quick.Silver0 103]

Thanks and there is diseases out there and i am just telling people about Ebola (who don't know anything about this)  

I know about Ebola but u gave me some facts i didnt know ^_^