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Ebola Outbreak Is Out of Control – Why Ebola is So Dangerous (+Video)

Saturday, August 2, 2014 11:40
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The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world’s deadliest to date. According to the UN, 729 people have died as health officials in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone struggle to control the virus.

 

What is Ebola?

Ebola is a viral illness of which the initial symptoms can include a sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle pain and a sore throat, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And that is just the beginning: subsequent stages are vomiting, diarrhoea and – in some cases – both internal and external bleeding.

 

The disease infects humans through close contact with infected animals, including chimpanzees, fruit bats and forest antelope.

 

It then spreads between humans by direct contact with infected blood, bodily fluids or organs, or indirectly through contact with contaminated environments. Even funerals of Ebola victims can be a risk, if mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased

 

WHY EBOLA IS SO DANGEROUS http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26835233

 

 

 

Taxis, planes and viruses: How deadly Ebola can spread http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-health-ebola-transport-idUKKBN0G011O20140731

 

Ebola’s Threat Forced Nigeria’s Lagos to Scramble
Creative Hustle, Lucky Breaks Helped Tamp Down Deadly Virus http://online.wsj.com/articles/ebolas-threat-forced-nigerias-lagos-to-scramble-1406940469

 

Mapping the acceleration of Ebola in West Africa in five charts http://qz.com/243686/five-charts-show-how-the-ebola-contagion-is-accelerating-in-west-africa/

 

WHO Warns of ‘Catastrophic’ Consequences of Ebola http://online.wsj.com/articles/who-warns-of-catastrophic-consequences-of-ebola-1406903897

 

 

 

 

Ebola crisis: Infected US aid workers to be evacuated http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28596416

 

Ebola advisory issued by NJ health officials http://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2014/07/31/ebola-virus-new-jersey/13436641/

 

WHO says Ebola outbreak is out of control
Chief of global health orgainisation says deadly outbreak is spreading quicker than efforts to containit. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/08/who-ebola-out-control-20148113582852795.html

 

Should We Be Concerned About American Ebola Patients Coming To Emory Hospital? http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml

 

“A violent virus”: views from Ebola’s ground zero http://www.vox.com/2014/8/1/5958611/ebola-the-view-from-the-ground-sierra-leone-guinea 

 

How Ebola Is Spread From Human to Human https://www.yahoo.com/health/how-ebola-is-spread-from-human-to-human-93513417302.html

 

Why There May Never Be A Cure for Ebola http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/08/why-there-may-never-be-a-cure-for-ebola/375452/

 

Ebola epidemic ‘out of control’ says charity
Doctors Without Borders says outbreak can only worsen, as Nigeria tries to trace 30,000 people linked to first victim.  http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/07/ebola-epidemic-out-control-says-charity-2014730143330618539.html 

 

 

 

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