Ebola is a virus, or a microscopic organism
consisting of genetic material in Africa that
has caused many deaths, and is named after
the Ebola River.
 The virus has been around
since 1976
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This type of treatment is known as supportive
care. Ebola treatment can involve the use of
intravenous fluids, antibiotics, and oxygen.
Treatment may also include the use of
medications to control fever, help the blood clot,
and maintain blood pressure.
 You would be in the hospital because this Virus
in many cases causes death
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Dehydration
Increases muscle spasms in back legs and
chest
Stomach craps
Bloody Diarrhea
Vomiting
Bleeding heavily from nose and mouth
Sore throat
High fever
Red eyes
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Children who live in Africa near the
Ebola river are most at risk to getting
the Ebola virus.
Ebola is spread by Direct contact
 Bodily fluids
 If you are in the same room as someone
infected you are at a high risk for getting the
virus (close contact)
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There has been a current outbreak in Uganda
30 cases have been identified
16 people have died
The hospital in Uganda is trying to separate
the contaminated patients from the other
patients in the hospital before the highly
contagious virus is spread
No treatment for Ebola, the only way of
prevention is isolation to the patients who
have already gotten the virus.
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First known care of Ebola= 1976 in Sudan and
northern Zaire
20 cases were found
In 1989 in Virginia, 4 laboratory workers
became infected with the virus from
cynomolgus monkeys imported from the
Philippines
Can also be spread from bats, insects, and
monkeys
Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers are acute
viral diseases that often lead to severe illness and
death in humans and other primates. The infections
typically affect multiple organs in the body and are
often accompanied by hemorrhage(bleeding).
 Researchers in the NIAID Division of intramural
research and at the institutes vaccine research
center as well as NIAID- supported scientists in
external facilities are studying all aspects of the
disease.
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