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The Ebola Epidemic : the Fight, the Future by Goldsmith, Connie, 1945- is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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An ordinary blue thermos holding blood samples from a sick nun in Zaire reached Belgium's Institute of Tropical Medicine in September 1976. From the samples, researchers discovered a new virus, which they named the Ebola virus after a river in Central Africa. The virus killed two hundred eighty people before it seemingly disappeared into the jungle. No one suspected the virus would erupt in West Africa nearly four decades later to cause an unprecedented epidemic. Ebola has rivetedand terrifiedthe world since its reemergence from the jungle, killing more than eleven thousand people in West Africa since December 2013. Transmitted through bodily fluidsblood, saliva, sweat, vomit, feces, and sementhe disease causes high fever, widespread pain, nausea and vomiting, and severe diarrhea. Patients may develop dangerous bleeding and organ failure. With no effective treatment available, about 40 percent of infected people die within days. Using proper protective gear, safe burial protocols, cleansing techniques, and educational outreach, the disease has been slowed in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leoneat least temporarily. Can researchers develop vaccines quickly enough to prevent new outbreak

Who reads The Ebola Epidemic : the Fight, the Future?

Author

Goldsmith, Connie, 1945-

Publisher

Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century Books

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781467792448

Category

science

Subjects

Medical, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.27 / 5 (15 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13