Ebola virus is a thread virus from the filoviridiea family ..It got its name from a river Zaire. Ebola virus infection is a acute highly infectious hemorrhagic viral fever with 38% chances of bleeding. The person dies from multiorgan failure mainly respiratory arrest with convulsion and coma...Skin rashes are very common and severe because the virus membrane glycoprotein has a very strong affinity for neutrophils causing acute inflammatory reactions. The cause of bleeding is that virus usually likes to invade endothelial cells. The only confirmatory diagnosis is by Elisa Ig G . And acute infection can be discriminated from chronic by IgM Elisa...ebola virus resembles very closely to marburg virus of same family. Direct contact of infected person or fluid of infected person can be the Leading cause of infection. Only cooking kills it thats why in some place early morning bathing with hot water with a pinch of salt and drink hot water with a pinch of salt was the only preventative measure employed to avoid acquiring it rest is supportive management once you are infected by it.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:37:23 +0000
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