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To: sodpoodle
Ebola

There is no specific treatment for the virus. Efforts to help persons who are infected include giving them either oral rehydration therapy or intravenous fluids.[1] The disease has a high mortality rate: often between 50% and 90% of those who are infected with the virus.[1][2]

It typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.[1] Between 1976, when it was first identified, and 2014, fewer than 1,000 people a year have been infected.[1][3] The largest outbreak to date is the ongoing 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which is affecting Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The disease was first identified in the Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Efforts are ongoing to develop a vaccine; however, none exists as of 2014.[1]

Prognosis[edit] The disease has a high mortality rate: often between 50 percent and 90 percent.[1][2] If an infected person survives, recovery may be quick and complete, or prolonged with long term problems, such as inflammation of the testicles, joint pains, muscle pains, skin peeling, or hair loss. Eye symptoms, such as light sensitivity, excess tearing, iritis, iridocyclitis, choroiditis and blindness have also been described. EBOV and SUDV may be able to persist in the semen of some survivors, which could give rise to infections and disease via sexual intercourse.[1]

Source: Wikipedia

13 posted on 07/31/2014 1:48:44 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

Thanks - I also found this helpful in understanding “treatment”.

http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Ebola_virus


17 posted on 07/31/2014 1:54:17 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
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