PDF-For handling of Dead Bodies of suspected/confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

All dead bodies are potentially infectious and STANDARD PRECAUTIONSbrshould be implemented for every case Although most organisms in the dead bodybrare unlikely to infect healthy persons some infectious agents may be transmittedbrwhen persons are in contact with blood body fluids or tissues of dead body ofbrperson with infectious diseases. Alves DVM DACVP Veterinary Services Defense Health Agency Gary Balsamo DVM MPH National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians and State Public Health Veterinarian and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Tammy Beckham DVM PhD Te 2 WHO has developed a protocol to provide information on the safe management of burial of patients who died from suspected or confirmed Ebola virus disease These measures should be applied not only by medical personnel but by anyone involved in the m (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 . 1,2. :. C. ontact . with blood or other body fluids of a patient known to have or suspected to have . EVD. ,. . OR. R. esidence . in . (. or . travel . to. ). . an area where EVD transmission is active (Guinea, Sierra Leone, . 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.. 1,2. :. C. ontact . with blood or other body fluids of a patient known to have or suspected to have . EVD. ,. . OR. R. esidence . in . (. or . travel . to. ). . an area where EVD transmission is active (Guinea, Sierra Leone, . 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:. Lewis Rubinson MD, PhD. Director, Critical Care Resuscitation Unit. R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Associate Professor of Medicine. University of Maryland School of Medicine. RELEVANT DISCLAIMERS AND DISCLOSURES. Ebola or Marburg Virus Disease s As of 09 A ugust 2014 1 . Routine surveillance: s tandard case definition recommended by WHO - AFRO for the notification of Ebola or Marburg cases These case defin Part I: . History, Transmission, and Clinical Presentation. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This presentation is current . as of . December . D. oosti. Ebola virus disease confined to well-defined geographic areas:. Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria (Lagos and Port Harcourt only), Democratic Republic of Congo (Equateur province). Ebolavirus. 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 Picture: an Electron Micrograph of the Ebola VirusCourtesy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009 Special Pathogens BranchDivision of HighConsequence Pathogens and PathologyNational Center AlNaji. . Overview. Ebola disease is the term for a group of deadly diseases in people caused by four ebolaviruses within the genus Ebolavirus. There are occasional Ebola disease outbreaks in people, occurring primarily on the African continent...