Ebola Infectious Diseases Project Presented by: • Students of Ms Shilpa Ebola • • • • What is it? It’s a serious, acute viral infection Zoonotic Disease High Fatality Rate The disease itself is not treatable only symptoms Treatment There is no vaccine or cure! Treatment for relief from symptoms • Rehydration • Blood transfusions • Monitoring of blood pressure and oxygen (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) References • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Filoviridae - Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs)”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 7 Apr. 2014, www.cdc.gov/vhf/virus-families/filoviridae.html. Retrieved on 1 December 2016 • World Health Organization. “Ebola Virus Disease.”, World Health Organization, Jan. 2016, www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/. Retrieved on 1 December 2016 • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Treatment.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 22 July 2015, www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/treatment/. Retrieved on 1 December 2016 ( Disclaimer – all images in this presentation have been labeled for reuse and are not restricted by copyright)
