The Ebola virus
The Ebola Virus was first found at Sudan and Congo in the
1976. The virus name is based on the Ebola river name located in Sudan and Congo.
This virus have been silent for long time before it suddenly rises and create
plague in the west African countries now.
This virus was identified first on fruit eating bats from
the family pteropodidae and after a
lot of observation and research by scientists , this bat is identified as the
natural carrier
Of the Ebola virus . This virus is also found on gorillas ,
antelopes ,and porcupine.
Signs and symtoms
In the first fase usually the
virus shows the symptom of:
1.intestines area : diarrhea
2.stomach :
pain, vomiting
3.muscle : weakness,
aches
4.chest : chest pains
5. head : headache,red eyes
6.joints : aches
Treatment,
vaccines ,and medicine for Ebola virus
Actually there is no specific treatment for patient suffering Ebola but some liquid or
something like that is given to the patient to extend their life. No vaccines
is made for this virus
As this virus plague isn’t troubling people so much in the past. No medicine have been made to cure this
virus.
History
of Ebola virus
In the early years of the discovery , this virus doesn’t really bugged
the scientists to made some medicines or encourage people to stop this virus
from spreading. Then the African people keep continue to
Consume bats of the family pteropodidae and the get Ebola virus disease so then and so . but now in 2014 this virus have
plague the west African countries and this make them started to do some
prevention.
DATA
Name : ebola
Type : RNA virus
Source : bats of the family pteropodidae
Attacks : almost all part of our body
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