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Outbreak: The Ebola Crisis
What is it?Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), a.k.a. Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF), a.k.a.Ebola, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans caused by four of the five strains of Ebolavirus.
How Ebola Spreads:
To people, from wild animalsTo people, from people: through contact with:• Blood• Secretions• Organs• Other bodily fluids of infected people• Objects contaminated with these fluidsIncubation period: 2-21 days
Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms:Weakness Fever Muscle Pain Headaches Sore Throat Diarrhea Vomiting Stomach pain.In some cases:Red eyes Rash Chest pain Difficulty breathing or swallowing
March 25 - Ebola outbreak in Guinea, cases also in Liberia and Sierra LeoneCDC Situation Report - July 27: 86 suspected cases. 59 deaths.July 26 - Kent Brantly, medical director for Samaritan Purse's Ebola Consolidated Case Management Center in Liberia, is infected with the virus.Situation Report - July 27: 1323 suspect and confirmed cases. 729 deaths.July 31 –US residents urged to avoid nonessential travel to Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia.August 2 –Brantly comes home to U.S.Situation Report - August 6: 1779 suspect and confirmed cases. 961 deaths.August 8 –WHO declares Ebola epidemic in West Africa an international health emergency.August 21 - Brantly, cured, is discharged from Emory University Hospital.Situation Report - August 21: 2473 suspect and confirmed cases. 1350 deaths.September 30 - First diagnosed case of Ebola in U.S.Situation Report – October 1: 7157 suspect and confirmed cases. 3330 deaths.October 6 – A medical worker in Spain is first person known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa in 2014.October 23 - Craig Spencer, a doctor recently returned from Guinea tests positive for EVDSituation Report - October 25: 10,141 suspect and confirmed cases. 4,922 deaths.
Since March, Doctors Without Borders has sent over 700 doctors and aid workers to help in Ebola-stricken countries. 270 are still there.
In the future: C.D.C. projects 1.4 million cases of Ebola in West Africa by end of Jan. 2015 (if there is no change in current trajectory).
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