How Ebola virus can be transmitted?

many physicians treating Ebola patients but the disease itself, it is clear that prevention is better. But given the resilience of the Ebola virus and low awareness in West Africa,
Gloved hand of a worker's health department teams funeral Liberia disinfecting their protective clothing after retreiving the body of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola Virus

Ebola has killed more than 1,000 people in West Africa over the years. Despite great efforts on the part of specialists, the World Health Organization and aid organizations, the virus continues to spread.

infected with this disease, that is, those who have direct contact with body fluids - such as blood, urine, feces and sweat - that contain the virus, or touching contaminated objects ebola virus. The virus is very resilient and can survive on various surfaces for a long time. It can be transferred through body fluids traces on surfaces such as toilet seats and tabletops.

When people infected died, the virus did not die immediately. Instead, he lives in the bodies up to a week, continue to pose a danger.

Scientists believe that the current epidemic is the result of the infection. They trace back to a young man who contracted through contact with fruit bats that have been hunted for consumption. He then passed the virus on in their community.

Once the virus in the body, multiply rapidly and begin to destroy the blood vessels. It also interferes with blood clotting and cause a strong inflammatory response. The immune system can not react quickly enough. Damage to the blood vessels causes a decrease in blood pressure, and the patient eventually died of multiple organ failure.

Additional measures are needed

Although the cause of the infection is known, more and more medical personnel who contracted the virus. this is due to security precautions that medical personnel are not required to be maintained at all times. This is one result of a lack of awareness or tools needed.

If managed properly, can quickly stop the epidemic, but this involves steps beyond hospitalization. Affected populations need more information and education on the topic.

One of the main obstacles is the traditional burial practices in some West African societies. They involve placing the body of a deceased person on the screen and touch it, which can facilitate the spread of the virus. In addition, some people believe the disease is carried by foreign medical workers themselves and therefore refused to be treated by them.

The key to success in the fight against Ebola lies in education. Those infected need to be convinced to seek medical help, while those around them need to know how to protect themselves.

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Ebola virus in DRC

A recent case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo which raises concerns that the virus spread across Africa. However, a variety found in Central Africa might be different. Ebola River The Ebola virus is a small river that runs through the forests in the Northwest province of Equateur in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It is in this area that this deadly disease was first identified by Belgian scientists, who named the virus worm-looking after the river in 1976 Now, the virus has once again returned to Equateur Province with two confirmed cases of people who died of Ebola. "In this area especially, Ebola virus circulation and has led to several outbreaks of smaller and larger in the past", but now the virus has caused outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo differ substantially from that in West Africa. "Case-fatality rate is much lower when we compare it to West Africa - it is about 20 percent, so maybe this is the possibility that different strains of Ebola viruses are less pathogenic. Several strains of Ebola even harmless to humans and will only cause disease in monkey. Reston virus is a mutation called Ebola. has been found in China and the Philippines. tensions currently wreaking havoc across West Africa, on the other hand, has a case-fatality rate of up to 90 percent. 08/25/2014 online Ebola-Falle in Barat- und Zentralafrika ENG the Ebola disease has killed nearly 1,500 West African beliefs of Kinshasa that may take a day or two until the laboratory has identified the exact strain of the virus that caused two deaths in Equateur province in northern Congo. latest Ebola outbreak will be the seventh recorded so far for the Democratic Republic of Congo . Experts needed in home virus scan in the laboratory in Hamburg laboratory tests are required to identify the country from strain a virus plagued by armed conflicts are ongoing and constantly fought over natural resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo may be the place where one suspects that the disease spread fast - never more so because it is a country the size of Western Europe with less developed infrastructure, be it roads hospital. But it probably will not push the disease, says Schmidt-Chanasit. The authorities have already imposed quarantine around the affected area in Jera in Equateur province. "They were very well prepared. They know how to isolate the patient." He added that the outbreak occurred in remote areas, "So there is no possibility of the outbreak will come into such capital Kinshasa, as hundreds of kilometers away." Just last week, the Minister of Health Numbi announced plans to send experts from Kinshasa to West Africa to help extinguish the Ebola epidemic there. Now, it appears as though the Democratic Republic of the Congo first have to deal with an outbreak of the disease itself.

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