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Outbreaks | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC - 0 views

  • Current Outbreaks West Africa The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest Ebola outbreak in history and the first Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This outbreak is the first Ebola epidemic the world has ever known.
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      these was somethinng said by the CDC
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      these is something said by the CDC
ximenamartinez

Ebola epidemic may not end without developing vaccine, scientist warns | World news | T... - 0 views

  • Ebola epidemic may not end without developing vaccine, scientist warns Professor Peter Piot, one of the scientists who discovered Ebola, claims scale of outbreak has got ‘completely out of hand’
  • The Ebola epidemic, which is out of control in three countries and directly threatening 15 others, may not end until the world has a vaccine against the disease, according to one of the scientists who discovered the virus.
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      Ebola is out of control and threatens 3 countries and immediately 15 others. 
  • Professor Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said it would not have been difficult to contain the outbreak if those on the ground and the UN had acted promptly earlier this year. “Something that is easy to control got completely out of hand,” said Piot, who was part of a team that identified the causes of the first outbreak of Ebola in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 1976 and helped bring it to an end.
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      Peter Piot knew Ebola was out of hand in 1976 when the first Ebola outbreak happened in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
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  • Dr Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in evidence to Congress, said he was confident the outbreak would be checked in the US, but stressed the need to halt the raging west African epidemic. “There are no shortcuts in the control of Ebola and it is not easy to control it. To protect the United States we need to stop it at its source,” he said.
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      Tom Frieden Director of CDC says Ebola has no shortcuts and it is not easy to control.
ivanna salome

Ebola virus disease Information for Clinicians in U.S. Healthcare Settings | Ebola Hemo... - 0 views

  • Patients can progress from the initial non-specific symptoms after about 5 days to develop gastrointestinal symptoms such as severe watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Other symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, headache or confusion, may also develop. Patients often have conjunctival injection.
  • The most common signs and symptoms reported from West Africa during the current outbreak from symptom-onset to the time the case was detected include: fever (87%), fatigue (76%), vomiting (68%), diarrhea (66%), and loss of appetite (65%).
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      symptoms reported from west africa
ximenamartinez

WHO | Ebola virus disease - 0 views

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  • Ebola virus disease Fact sheet N°103Updated September 2014 Key facts Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks. The first EVD outbreaks occurred in remote villages in Central Africa, near tropical rainforests, but the most recent outbreak in west Africa has involved major urban as well as rural areas. Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks. Good outbreak control relies on applying a package of interventions, namely case management, surveillance and contact tracing, a good laboratory service, safe burials and social mobilisation. Early supportive care with rehydration, symptomatic treatment improves survival. There is as yet no licensed treatment proven to neutralise the virus but a range of blood, immunological and drug therapies are under development. There are currently no licensed Ebola vaccines but 2 potential candidates are undergoing evaluation.
  • Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks. The first EVD outbreaks occurred in remote villages in Central Africa, near tropical rainforests, but the most recent outbreak in west Africa has involved major urban as well as rural areas.
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      My current event is about Ebola, the virus outbreak which has now worldwide.
Michelle Ramirez

Ebola In Mali - 1 views

Is there a vaccine for Ebola? Health workers in Mali have been given an experimental vaccine against Ebola designed to boost the immunity of those on the frontline of the battle against the diseas...

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Ebola has never spread to this many countries before - 13 things you need to know about... - 0 views

  • Ebola first appeared in 1976 during twin outbreaks
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    Before 2014, Ebola was a disease that was mostly confined to remote African villages. Health officials didnt worry about it going global. Ebola first appeared in 1976 during twin outbreaks. By the time Ebola outbreak was identified in March, it had already spread to all three countries along the border. Nine countries hit with ebola in one year. There's never been an Ebola outbreak like this before.
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