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België Erika Vlieghe amp Daniel Reynders Nationale Ebola Coordinator amp adjunct Coordinator 1 Overview The epidemic in West Africa Preparedness in Belgium Goals of this. z57347 Touching contaminated objects like needles z57347 Touching infected animals their blood or other body 57346uids or their meat Ebola poses no signi57346cant risk to the United States Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates monkeys gorillas and chimpanzees Ebola is a rare disease caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae g enus Ebolavirus There are five identified Ebola virus strains Four of the By: Calen Dehen. “Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever of the . filovirus. family with a 50-90% fatality rate. There is no effective treatment for Ebola except for the euphemistically labeled “supportive therapy.” The virus is spread through contact with infected fluids, typically blood, and once it has infected a new patient, it rapidly attacks the internal organs and connective tissue, causes severe bleeding, vomiting, aches, mental impairments and dementia, and in severe cases, grand mal seizures. The typical cause of death is multi-organ system failure” (Jones, 2011). . (EVD). جمع آوری توسط:. دکتر احمد رضا مبیّن. متخصص بیماریهای عفونی. اسفند ماه 1393. Ebola . was first discovered in . 1976 near the Ebola River . in what is now the Democratic Republic of the . Applying the . formula for a post . natural or man-made . crises, . to the hardest-hit countries of the MRU is fraught with risk. . Drawing from. . the case of SL the presentation . examines. . some of the .  . Conakry, . January. 1st – . February. 12th . 2015. Dominique Jeannel. 1,2. , Laurel Delayo-Zomahoun. 1. , Emmanuel Heleze. 1. , . Mariame. Bah-Kante. 3. , . Cyrille. G. Diffo. 1. , André K. Missombo. Exploring the Hermeneutics of Risk and Crisis Communication from a Constitutive Approach. Joel Iverson, . Ph.d. University of Montana . Tomeka. Robinson, . ph.d. Hofstra University. Steven . Venette. Virus . Disease: treatment, gaps and options. Ellis Owusu-Dabo . (BSc, MB ChB. , MSc, PhD, MWACP, FGCP) . Director, . KCCR/KNUST, Kumasi. , . Ghana . www.kccr-ghana.org. . Established in . October 1997. What is a Virus?. Viruses are microscopic particles (10 – 400 nm).. Viruses are made of genetic material (DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein coating and sometimes an outer layer containing lipids.. An Overview of North Carolina’s Procedure for Ebola Contact Tracing :. Guidance, Tools, and Exercises for Public Health. Operation: Ready, Set, Go. Presented by the N.C. Communicable Disease Branch . October 1, . 2016. Executive summary. ~162,000 . stored samples . have been identified. . ~. 28,000 . are stored in Liberia, . ~58,000 . in Guinea. , . ~33,000 in Sierra Leone . and . ~42,000 . stored outside . Type of Disease:. The . Ebola virus is classified under the Filovirus family. . There . are also four types of the Ebola virus: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Ivory Coast(Tai), and Ebola-Reston.. Description of Disease:. Since 2014, West Africa has experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola in history, with multiple countries affected. . Two imported cases, including one death, and two locally acquired cases in healthcare workers were reported in the United States.. Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever that can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Ebola is spread through direct contact (through broken skin or unprotected mucous membranes) with:.