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    Rise Above Ebola Vanessa Aroonprapun Eric Cabus Darnell Ferrer Kristina Santos Somatey Tan American University of Health Sciences Rise Above Ebola The latest outbreak of Ebola is one of the largest epidemics in history. Starting in West Africa, it has spread to neighboring countries such as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, causing numerous fatalities (Darrel, 2014). The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has identified five different strains of the Ebola virus—Zaire, Sudan, Reston, Bundibugyo

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    have contracted the Ebola virus and the few that are suspected to have the virus tested negative for the disease. Because there is no patient with the Ebola virus, the International Medical Corps treatment unit beds are empty. "The Ebola virus disease (EVD) first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo, the latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name" Ebola virus disease (n

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    no one wants to come close to you. You know death is near, and you are all alone. TOPIC: Today I will tell you about the rare and deadly virus called Ebola. PREVIEW: First, I will give you information about the virus itself. Secondly, I will talk about why

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    Introduction Majority of people acknowledge that the Ebola and Zika virus are two of the most life-threatening diseases that are incurable. According to American scientists, the Ebola virus originated from direct and indirect human contacts and animals in Guinea meanwhile the Zika virus was influenced by mosquitos from Brazil which makes pregnant women more vulnerable to the Zika virus than anyone else since it could lead to several birth defects. Even though the Zika virus was discovered more

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    The Ebola Virus, also called hemorrhagic fever, is a highly contagious and often fatal disease. Ebola is a very rare disease caused through an infection with a strain of Ebola Virus. Ebola is spread through through direct contact with bodily fluids from a victim who already shows the symptoms. Some common symptoms are fever, fatigue, weakness, reddened eyes, joint and muscle pain, headache, and extreme nausea. Symptoms may become prevalent any time between 3 and 21 days. No pathologist today is

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    In the fall of 2014, an outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa spread to the United States. Panic overtook regions of the country and led to the search for uncovering the molecular biology of the disease and for finding a suitable treatment against the virus. Yasuteru Sakurai and colleagues discussed Ebola’s dependence on host calcium signaling proteins in their scientific journal article, “Two-pore channels control Ebola virus host cell entry and are drug targets for disease treatment”. In the article

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    March of 2014, in West Africa, the Ebola outbreak began. This horrendous disease causes symptoms such as “…sudden onset of fever, muscle aches, weakness, sore throat and headache.” Last year, when Ebola spread, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, believed the “…outbreak could reach 1.4 million cases by early next year.” The President Barack Obama spoke about the issue and what needed to happen in order to keep the people safe. However, a year later, Ebola is still taking lives from innocent

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    Fever, severe headache, joint and muscle aches, the chills and weakness (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014). Those are just some of the early symptoms of Zaire ebolavirus. This virus is also known as EBOV, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, and the Ebola virus (Mulherkar, Raaben, Torre, Whelan, & Chandran, 2011). A couple days after the early symptoms appear, infected people start to feel nausea, vomit, have bloody diarrhea, red eyes, raised rash, chest pain and cough, stomach pain, severe weight loss, bleeding from

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    The Hot Zone Ebola Virus

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    Ebola is described by the author in deep detail telling the progression of which it goes through. It starts with a headache and backache and ends with all of your internal organs failing “bleeding out” like Charles Monet. There are four filoviruses: Ebola virus (EBOV), Sudan virus (SUDV), Marburg virus (MARV), and Ravn virus (RAVV). They are all Level 4 biohazard, which means they are extremely dangerous to humans especially because they are so infectious, have a high death rate, and there are no

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    The deadly Ebola virus is killing thousands of innocent people worldwide, but there are some simple steps that can be taken to prevent this common type of death. The following are six symptoms which may be a sign of then Ebola virus, high fever that is 101.5 and above, chills, severe headaches, sore throat and muscle pain. These are some of the early signs of someone that may be infected with the Ebola virus. Your treatment will include therapy for symptoms you are experiencing. This includes:

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