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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever - MSN Encarta
Cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever have occurred in sporadic outbreaks since 1976 throughout sub-Saharan Africa, causing death in up to 90 percent of people who fall ill. The disease has also spread to populations of gorillas and chimpanzees.
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a zoonosis—that is, a disease that animals spread to humans.
Each outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever has been traced to what is known as an index case, a person who became infected by coming into contact with an animal involved in the life cycle of the Ebola virus.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761580697/Ebola_Hemorrhagic_Fever.html   (781 words)

  
 Disease Information: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever - Travel Health - Travel Medicine Program - Public Health Agency of Canada
Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a severe and acute, often-fatal, haemorrhagic viral disease in humans and non-human primates (monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees).
Caused by the Ebola virus, of the family Filoviridae, EHF causes death in 50 – 90% of all clinically ill cases.
The Ebola virus' precise geographic origin remains unknown, but it is thought to be centred in the rain forests of Africa and Asia.
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca /tmp-pmv/info/ebola_e.html   (1048 words)

  
  Ebola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Epidemics with 50 to 80% mortality have occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Uganda and Sudan.
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So far all epidemics of Ebola have occurred in sub-optimal hospital conditions, where practices of basic hygiene and sanitation are often either luxuries or unknown to caretakers and where disposable needles and autoclaves are unavailable or too expensive.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ebola   (2770 words)

  
 Ebola
Ebola belongs to a family of viruses entitled Filoviridae, and is commonly classified as a viral hemorrhagic fever (CDC, 2002).
Ebola Reston is characterized as a non-human primate infections disease.
Ayato Takada, A., Kawaoka, Y.B., (2001) The Pathogenesis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever.
www.bio.davidson.edu /Courses/Immunology/Students/Spring2003/Austin/Immune-2.html   (1302 words)

  
 Ebola Virus
The Ebola Virus is the common name for several strains of virus, three of which are known to cause hemorrhagic fever in humans, which is characterized by massive bleeding and destruction of internal tissues.
The Ebola virus causes hemorrhagic fever, which is characterized by such symptoms as severe headache, weakness, and muscle aches, followed by vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, inflammation of the throat (pharyngitis), inflammation of the mucous membranes in the eye (conjunctivitis), and bleeding from body openings.
A consensus sequence was established by aligning all the Ebola from Gabon, the Zaire 1976 and 1995 Ebola virus sequences, as well as the sequence of the virus obtained from a nurse in South Africa who was infected of the three different outbreaks in Gabon.
www.allfreeessays.net /student/Ebola_Virus.html   (2445 words)

  
 Ebola.com - Makin' Squares Bleed Since 1971...
Ebola virus was discovered in 1976 and was named for a river in Zaire, Africa, where it was first detected.
The third outbreak, in 1979 in Sudan, was smaller, with 34 cases and 22 fatalities.
Ebola hemorrhagic fever was suspected by a Belgium physician who reported the disease to the Zairian government.
www.ebola.com   (1213 words)

  
 Ebola Virus
The spread of the deadly Ebola virus infection, an illness with no known vaccine or cure, continued in Zaire into the summer months, after a brief lull in May that had led health officials to mistakenly believe the virus was under control.
Ebola Zaire is the deadliest known strain of the virus.
The main difference between the two outbreaks of Ebola Zaire is that the strain responsible for the outbreak in Kikwit has an average incubation period of four days, while 20 years ago the virus had an average incubation period of seven days.
www.mayaparadise.com /ebola.htm   (1906 words)

  
 Ebola: Description, Vector, Mechanisms, Symptoms, etc.
Ebola virus is identical to Marburg virus in form and structure; however, it is antigenically distinct from Marburg.
Ebola is classified as a biosafety level 4 agent because of its extreme pathogenicity and the lack of a vaccine or antiviral drug.
Although the Zaire and Sudan strains are not usually passed from human to human by aerosol, the Reston strain is transmitted via small-particle aerosol between monkeys and from monkeys to humans.
www.tarakharper.com /v_ebola.htm   (2855 words)

  
 Ebola : Ebola Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Electron microscope image of the Ebola virus (source: CDC)Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF -- alternatively Ebola hemorrhagic fever; commonly referred to as simply Ebola) is a recently identified, severe, often fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and some primates caused by the Ebola virus.
Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF -- alternatively Ebola hemorrhagic fever; commonly referred to as simply Ebola) is a recently identified, severe, often fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and some primates caused by the Ebola virus.
It is named after the Ebola River in Zaire, Africa, near where the first outbreak was noted by Dr. Ngoy Mushola in 1976 after a significant outbreak in Yambuku, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Nzara, in western Sudan.
www.termsdefined.net /eb/ebola-sudan.html   (468 words)

  
 Virus World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
VP35 (Marburg virus 32 kD, Ebola virus 35 kD) is loosely associated with the RNP and seems to be a component of the transcriptase complex analogous to the P protein of paramyxoviruses and the NS (P) protein of rhabdo-viruses.
Marburg and Ebola viruses are indigenous to Africa.
Marburg, Ebola and Reston viruses are serologically distinct.
rhino.bocklabs.wisc.edu /cgi-bin/virusworld/htdocs.pl?docname=ebola.html   (3058 words)

  
 Ebola and Marburg Virus Diseases - A New Age / Bible Prophecy / King James Bible Code Analysis
The Ebola virus is probably the scariest and deadliest virus on earth, since it has a 50-90% death rate, and kills usually within 2 weeks of infection, with the person basicly being dissolved into liquid by the virus, with blood oozing out of the eyes, mouth, and any body opening.
The first Ebola outbreaks were in the Sudan and Zaire in Africa in 1976, although the first outbreak of the similar Marburg filovirus was in Germany and Yugoslavia among workers in labs who had been handling African green monkeys (imported from Uganda) or tissues from them.
Ebola outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, in the Cuvette West region, with the outbreak over by early June 2003, with 128 deaths of 143 cases.
www.revelation13.net /Ebola.html   (2209 words)

  
 Health: Ebola
Ebola HF typically appears in sporadic outbreaks, usually spread within a health-care setting (a situation known as amplification).
While all Ebola virus species have displayed the ability to be spread through airborne particles (aerosols) under research conditions, this type of spread has not been documented among humans in a real-world setting, such as a hospital or household.
Diagnosing Ebola HF in an individual who has been infected only a few days is difficult because early symptoms, such as red and itchy eyes and a skin rash, are nonspecific to the virus and are seen in other patients with diseases that occur much more frequently.
www.dsf.health.state.pa.us /health/cwp/view.asp?A=171&Q=230373   (1476 words)

  
 eMedicine - Ebola Virus : Article Excerpt by: John W King, MD
Background: Ebola virus is one of at least 18 known viruses capable of causing the viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome.
Although agents of the viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome constitute a geographically diverse group of viruses, to date, all are RNA viruses, all are considered zoonoses, all damage the microvasculature resulting in increased vascular permeability, and all are members of 1 of 4 families: Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, and Filoviridae.
Ebola and Marburg viruses are responsible for well-documented outbreaks of severe human hemorrhagic fever with resultant case mortality rates ranging from 23% for Marburg virus (Marburg, Germany; 1967) to 88% for Ebola virus (Yambuku, Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC]; formerly Zaire; 1976).
www.emedicine.com /med/byname/ebola-virus.htm   (645 words)

  
 Ebola Virus
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever is an often fatal disease caused by the Ebola virus and has appeared in outbursts since its initial recognition.
The Ebola virus is classified under the Filovirus family.
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (Ebola HF) carries a 53%- 88% mortality rate and the incubation period is 2-21 days.
library.thinkquest.org /C008124F/ebola_virus.htm   (194 words)

  
 Ebola
Ebola has sharply affected tourism in the countries where it is present, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (³TED Case Study²).
Ebola has also made countries like Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan to lose revenue through the loss of people who would have been able to work and benefit their nation's economy.
Second, the Ebola virus would have to be transported in a way that is not fatal to the people who use it as a weapon, or would have to be carried by people who are willing to die a gruesome death.
www.crystalinks.com /ebola.html   (1848 words)

  
 AnDrEw'S EBOLA page
When an Ebola outbreak occurs, there are two ways of containing it, the first option is to seal off the infected area and watch all infected animals die and keep a close watch on all the suspected victims of the virus.
Ebola usually is conatained to primates and humans, but there is a chance, that other animals could contract the disease, the danger of that would mainly be that any meat hunted in Africa could possibly conatain Hot Viruses, like Ebola and Marburg.
A massive outbreak of Ebola Sudan or Zaire could be devastating to North America due to how we are connected with frequent national and international flights.
members.shaw.ca /andrewstagg/acs/ebola.html   (902 words)

  
 Ebola Virus
Ebola viruses are taxonomically related to Marburg viruses; they were first recognized in association with explosive outbreaks that occurred almost simultaneously in 1976 in small communities in Zaire and Sudan (Website 28).
While all Ebola virus species have displayed the ability to be spread through airborne particles (aerosols) under research conditions, this type of spread has not been documented among humans in a real-world setting, such as a hospital or household (Website 27).
Ebola virus RNA was amplified from 26/26 specimens from the acute phase, 3/5 during recovery, 0/20 febrile patients and 1/15 negative controls.
staff.vbi.vt.edu /pathport/pathinfo/pathogens/Ebola.html   (9540 words)

  
 (D2OL)™ - Pathogens - Ebola
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF) is a severe, often-fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) that has appeared sporadically since its initial recognition in 1976.
The 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.
Scientists and researchers are faced with the challenges of developing additional diagnostic tools to assist in early diagnosis of the disease and ecological investigations of Ebola virus and the disease it causes.
www.d2ol.com /ebola.html   (323 words)

  
 Ebola Virus
Ebola viruses are taxonomically related to Marburg viruses; they were first recognized in association with explosive outbreaks that occurred almost simultaneously in 1976 in small communities in Zaire and Sudan (Website 28).
While all Ebola virus species have displayed the ability to be spread through airborne particles (aerosols) under research conditions, this type of spread has not been documented among humans in a real-world setting, such as a hospital or household (Website 27).
Ebola virus RNA was amplified from 26/26 specimens from the acute phase, 3/5 during recovery, 0/20 febrile patients and 1/15 negative controls.
pathport.vbi.vt.edu /pathinfo/pathogens/Ebola_2.html   (9973 words)

  
 Ebola - The Doctors Lounge(TM)
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF; commonly referred to as simply Ebola) is a recently identified, severe, often fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and some primates caused by the Ebola virus.
The Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976, and since its discovery, different strands of Ebola have caused epidemics with 50 to 90 percent mortality in Zaïre, Gabon and Uganda.
It is named after the Ebola River in Zaire, Africa, near where the first outbreak in 1976 after a significant outbreak in Yambuku, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Nzara, in western Sudan.
www.doctorslounge.com /infections/diseases/ebola.htm   (802 words)

  
 Ministry scoffs at Ebola virus rumors
Ebola Reston - This is the variation of the Ebola virus discovered in the African monkeys imported to the United States.
Ebola Zaire seems to be fatal in about 90% of the cases.
Ebola Reston is not known to be fatal to humans, but very fatal to monkeys.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-03/30/content_429442.htm   (711 words)

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