Ebola Virus
Ebola virus disease or simply Ebola is a disease of humans and other animals caused by Ebola viruses. It is a highly contagious viral disease which has a high
death rate of around 50%. Symptoms of this
disease are influenza
type like feeling tired, fever, pain in the muscles and joints, headache, and sore throat.
It spreads through direct contact between men with blood or any body fluid like
saliva, mucus, vomit, sweat, tears, breast milk,
urine, etc. This disease has been headlines
recently because of the largest in 2013–2014 Ebola
virus epidemics in West Africa, which is centered in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. This virus is thought to be the new type of Marburg
Virus of 1976. However, the name
"Ebola virus" is derived from the Ebola River located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, previously called Zaire and
the fruit bats are primarily responsible for introducing this virus. This is
the country where the first Ebola virus known as the “Zaire Ebola virus outbreak”
occurred in 1976.
Even though Many
Ebola vaccines have been developed but none had yet been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical use in humans. So,
intensive care is a must for the patients. After the Ebola outbreak in
2014 many electric media and newspapers have given sensational and misleading information about the disease. The
World Health Organization and the United Nations said that such misinformation
had contributed to the spread of the disease and these organizations are still
working on how to reduce the outcome of the virus significantly.
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