im in school right now and we need a really interesting fact about the ebola virus.. please help! we want to win! (its a game thingy)
2007-02-02 05:01:52 · 10 answers · asked by snickelfritz 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Marburg and Ebola are filoviruses that cause hemorrhage(bleeding), multiple organ failure, and high mortality (death) rates. Diagnosis is with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or electron microscopy. Treatment is supportive. Strict isolation and quarantine measures are necessary to contain outbreaks.
Please see the web pages for more details on Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
2007-02-02 05:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most interesting thing about ebola is that the virus causes a hemorrhagic fever. This is in part due to the virus but also due to our own bodies immune response to the virus. Chemicals our bodies white blood cells produce are largely responsible for the bleeding.
2007-02-02 13:46:11 · answer #2 · answered by B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the most interesting things are that we have not yet identified it's reservoir, as in where it lives when it's not in the body, and that when an outbreak occurs, it continues to spread until all of a sudden, it just stops. And no one really knows why...
2007-02-03 01:09:06 · answer #3 · answered by lizettadf 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did a paper on this years ago. I remember that it basically turns your insides into a liquidy mess. You bleed from everywhere cuz it breaks down cell walls. Also, in late stages, it can cause epileptic-like flailing and violent shaking, which spurts blood and mucus everywhere, infecting those around them. Stay out of Africa!
2007-02-02 14:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by rust 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a wicked little virus!
And very efficient, too!
Probably the most interesting fact is that there is no cure.
You get infected, there is a slim-to-none chance of surviving.
This little bugger is serious!
2007-02-02 17:22:45 · answer #5 · answered by docscholl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well you start to bleed out of every pore of your body! That is pretty interesting and there is no cure. Your dead in like a few days.
2007-02-02 13:06:24 · answer #6 · answered by sunnysky4u 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fact that it only affects the western most part of Africa.
2014-08-28 19:27:29 · answer #7 · answered by !truth! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The infected person vomits black bile and blood. Hope that helps!
2007-02-02 13:09:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most interesting thing is that it is a lethal disease.
2007-02-02 13:06:16 · answer #9 · answered by Jhoony G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the time you figure out it's not the flu, you're dead.
2007-02-02 13:09:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋