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The Ebola Virus (part 2)
Treatment
The Ebola virus, like all viruses “hot”, no cure and no specific treatment. The treatment used today is to maintain the life of the person by methods of resuscitation (CPR, artificial respiration) and control bleeding as far as possible.
As for a vaccine, investigations are underway but these are complicated because we still do not know all the proteins of the virus and because there are only 2 or three laboratories equipped to work with a virus such as these.
These laboratories are located in the U.S. and Russia, and the best known are the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) in Atlanta, Georgia, and USAMRIID (United Estates Infectius Army Medical Research of Diseases, Research Center for Infectious Diseases Army U.S. rough translation). Read the rest of this entry »
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The Ebola virus is the most deadly filoviruses known. The family of filoviruses (filamentous virus) includes the four classes of Marburg and Ebola viruses. These 4 types (or strains) are called Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston and Ebola Tai Forest (Ebola Ivory Coast). The worst is the Zaire Ebola kills nine in ten people infected. Sudan remains the strain with a mortality rate of 60%. It is unclear whether the latest strains cause human deaths (not killed any humans). This virus was discovered in Africa . It takes its name from the Ebola River in the current DRC (then Zaire).
The Ebola virus is responsible for an acute febrile illness, severe and often very deadly affects humans and primates. It produces a hemorrhagic fever similar characteristics to Argentina hemorrhagic fever (Junin virus). Is called hemorrhagic fever because it presents with high fever associated with generalized bleeding. Read the rest of this entry »