Ebola Research Paper

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Rare and deadly the Ebola hemorrhagic fever has been found in African monkeys, chimps, and other primates. Although a milder strain of Ebola has been found in monkeys* and pigs in the Philippeans the largest recorded outbreak took place in West Africa** during a two year span. (2014-2016) This virus is transported through the bodily fluids of infected animals, such as blood or waste products, and contaminated people. People aren't contagious until they start showing symptoms. Humans can be contaminated by reusing needles, not using protective gear, or using contaminated injection equipment.
Symptoms such as fever, severe headache, joint and muscle aches, chills, and weakness appear within the first five to ten days of being infected. As the virus progresses nausea, vomitting, red eyes, hemorrahagic rash***, chest pain and cough, stomach pain, svere weight loss, bleeding from the eyes, and internal bleeding could start to occur. Since the beginning symptoms are extremely unspecific doctors ask the patient if they have been in places where the outbreak is happening in the past 21 days. If the patient answers yes, then they are put in isolation and are tested for Ebola. The PCR is the most effective test for determining whether or not a person has Ebola, what it does is look for genetic material from the virus. …show more content…

The first stage looks very similar to the flu, its symptoms being weakness and stomach pain or nausea. The second stage occurs four to seven days after a person has been infected. Ebola is known for causing extreme bleeding, which happens near the end of the illness. Seven to ten days after becoming affected by the virus patients are at the end of the line; there is confusion and bleeding both internally and externally. People who die from the Ebola virus are dying from multiple organ failure and shock. The shock is caused by all of the bleeding that is happening inside your

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