PDF-This lecture is on Ebola virus disease EVD and clinical care

29 This is part one of a threepart 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. September 25, 2015. Ebola Virus Disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Office of the Director. P. resentation is current through September 25, 2015, and will be updated every Friday by 5pm. For the most up-to-date information, please visit . 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 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 . Current . S. tatus and Future Prospects. William Schaffner, MD. Professor of Preventive Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Consultant, Communicable Disease Control. 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.. 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:. Dr. Nancy Walton. Associate Professor and Director of eLearning, Ryerson University. Chair, REB, Women’s College Hospital. Toronto. Image: . SMH.com.au. Source: Andre . Carrilho. /Andrew . Carrilho. and Control. Ebola virus disease outbreak in North Kivu, D emocratic Republic of Congo – 22 February 20 21 . ECDC: Stockholm; 20 21 . 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 . spread through direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with infected blood and body fluids . not spread through the air or by water. Individuals are only infectious when they have symptoms, which can appear up to 21 days after exposure. http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html ) is an excellent source of information about Ebola for the general public as well as for healthcare workers. This website also has an area where you can obtai 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 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. 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...