Ebola

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Ebola

• By Alyssa Ratzlaff
• Brian Chester

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History

• Initial outbreak 1976
• Four types
• Ebola-Zaire
• Ebola-Sudan
• Ebola-Reston
• Ebola-Ivory Coast

Ebola hemorrhagic fever. World Health
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103/en/.
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Re-emergence of Ebola

• Kikwik 1995
• Gabon 1996
• Uganda 2000
• Congo 2002

Ebola Outbreak Chronology. World Health
Organization. Updated 2005. Retrieved 9 April
2005. http//www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs
103/en/index1.html.
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Significance

• Statistically insignificant
• Bioterrorism threat

Sokol, Daniel K. Historical Problems Associated
With Outbreaks of Emerging Infectious Diseases
A Case Study Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever.
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Ozgurler. Ebola A Significant Threat as an
Infectious Disease, and as a Potential
Bioterrorism Agent. Turkish Journal of Medical
Science. Retrieved 7 April 2005.
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How is it Spread?

• Not a good virus
• Natural reservoir
• Transmission
• Physical contact
• Cultural issues
• Airborne disease?

Lovgren, Stephan. Where Does Ebola Hide Between
Epidemics? National Geographic. Updated 19
February 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2005.
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fever. World Health Organization. Updated 2005.
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Ozge Ozgurler. Ebola A Significant Threat as an
Infectious Disease, and as a Potential
Bioterrorism Agent. Turkish Journal of Medical
Science. Retrieved 7 April 2005.
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Symptoms

• Fever, headache
• Sore throat
• Joint, muscle, stomach pains
• Diarrhea, vomiting
• Bleeding
• Shock

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Center for Disease
Control. Updated 23 August 2004. Retrieved 9
April 2005. http//www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnp
ages/dispages/ebola.htm.
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Diagnosis

• ELISA testing
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
• Virus Isolation
• Skin biopsy

ELISA Testing. Retrieved 9 April 2005.
http//biodiagnostics.net/elisa.html. Powledge,
Tabitha M. The Polymerase Chain Reaction.
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2005. http//www.faseb.org/opa/bloodsupply/pcr.htm
l Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Center for Disease
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April 2005. http//www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnp
ages/dispages/ebola.htm.
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Treatment

• Symptomatic
• No cure, treat symptoms
• 50-90 lethality rate
• 6-9 days

Ustun, Cagatay and Ozge Ozgurler. Ebola A
Significant Threat as an Infectious Disease, and
as a Potential Bioterrorism Agent. Turkish
Journal of Medical Science. Retrieved 7 April
2005.
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To Infinity Beyond

• Dr. Maurice Iwu
• 10 years
• Garcinia kola
• West Africa
• Flu
• Flavonoids

Ebola Cure Hope. BBC News Online Health. 5
August 1999. Retrieved 8 April 2005.
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