PPT-THE EBOLA VIRUS EPIDEMIC

Current S tatus and Future Prospects William Schaffner MD Professor of Preventive Medicine and Infectious Diseases Vanderbilt University Medical Center Consultant Communicable Disease Control. 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 (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 . The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if untreated. . The most severely affected countries are: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. These country have very weak health systems, lacking human and infrastructural resources.. The Dallas Fire-Rescue Experience. Louie Bright, III. Fire Chief. Dallas Fire-Rescue Department. 1. Background. First Africa outbreak in 1976. WHO reports 24 previous outbreaks. Current African outbreak involves the Ebola-Zaire strain . Jeffrey Hoogheem. Texas Department of State Health Services. Introduction. The 2014 Ebola incident was historic and unlike anything we have faced before. Many of the challenges were not unique to Dallas or the state of Texas. 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:. 2014 Ebola Virus Outbreak 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. 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:. Sympoisum. 17 April 2019. . Forecasting the ongoing Ebola epidemic in DRC. Ebola transmission pathways, Western Africa epidemic, 2014-2015 . 1) Spillover transmission to humans by direct contact with a reservoir (e.g., fruit bats), 2) within hospital transmission from EVD patients to health care workers, 3) within household transmission from infected health care workers to their family members, 4) within household transmission during unsafe burials, and 5) inter-household transmission arising from unsafe burials. . 29 This is part one of a three-part lecture on this topic. This lecture will focus on EVD in the West African setting. The training and information you receive in this course will not cover the use SEASES ANCROB Virologye virus family Filoviridae includes 3 genera: CuevavirusMarburgvirus, and Ebolavirus (EBOV). ere are 5 species that have been identied: Zaire, Bundibugyo, Sudan, R Clinical Care. Part III. : . Experimental Treatments and Vaccines. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This presentation is current . as of December, 2014. This . Shoemaker T, MacNeil A, Balinandi S, Campbell S, Wamala J, McMullan LK, et al. Reemerging Sudan Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda, 2011. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(9):1480-1483. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1809.111536. McElroy AK, Erickson BR, Flietstra TD, Rollin PE, Nichol ST, Towner JS, et al. Biomarker Correlates of Survival in Pediatric Patients with Ebola Virus Disease. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014;20(10):1683-1690. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.140430.