PPT-“ 28,424 cases of Ebola and still counting—what have we learned?”

AAMC Briefing Dr Jim LeDuc Director Galveston National Laboratory University of Texas Medical Branch 13 October 2015 GNL Mission The mission of the GNL is to assist the NIAID and the nation by conducting basic and applied research designed to improve the prevention diagnosis and treatment of naturally emerging and purposefully disseminated infectious diseases. 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 573845744257452574555745557444573885737657462574555745357449574605738857376574565744557445573885737657456574555745557456573885737657459574635744557441574605738857376 VHPHQ5735957347VSLW5735957347RWKHU5734757536XLGV57356 Objects contaminated with the Breakdowns by year available on next table brPage 2br cases deaths cases deaths cases deaths cases d eaths cases deaths cases deaths cases deaths Azerbaijan 000000 85 0000 0 0 Bangladesh 0000000000 00 0 Cambodia 0000 4422111 China 11 00 851385344 7  . 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. 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). . 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. Pandemics and Emerging Infections. Sarah Gilbert, Jenner Institute, University of Oxford. THE JENNER INSTITUTE. a partnership between Oxford University and . the . Pirbright. Institute . - Developing innovative vaccines. 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 . Where did they get it?. How do you get the virus? . The EBOLA Health Commissioner. The EBOLA Health Commissioner . Understand science of disease and its transmission. Interrupt the transmission of the virus. 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:. 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 . Christopher Whitty. Gresham College. December 2014. Dedicated to the local, UK and international staff battling the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.. So far over 100 healthcare workers have died in Sierra Leone, and over 600 have caught Ebola and over 340 died in the wider region.