EBOLA.

What is it?

Ebola is an acute viral infectious disease that causes hemorrhagic fever in humans and primates (monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees).
The virus alters a cell type called "endothelial" lining the inner surface of blood vessels and of coagulation. When damage blood vessels platelets fail to coagulate, and patients succumb to hemorrhagic shock which results in a very severe loss of blood.

How is it transmitted?

The virus is transmitted to humans by wild animals and spread in human populations by direct contact with blood, body fluids (saliva, semen) or skin and tissue of infected persons or their bodies, and by contact with medical equipment contaminated, such as needles.

             What are your symptoms?

The first symptoms of this disease include sudden high fever, severe weakness and muscle pain, headache and sore throat, followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidney and liver functions and intense internal and external bleeding.

             Is there a cure or a vaccine?

No, it does not yet have any specific treatment or vaccine, as there is no definitive vaccine to other better known as gripe- virus, although they are testing several experimental vaccines. In the United States are being addressed two cases of Ebola with an experimental drug that has been tested only in apes.

     What is the treatment to stop the disease?

Severe cases require intensive care Ebola about your symptoms and replacement therapy of organs may be affected (kidneys, liver). The patients are frequently dehydrated and needing intravenous rehydration or oral solutions containing electrolytes.

              Who is risk of infection?
Currently, it is considered that people at risk of Ebola hemorrhagic fever viruses are those who care for infected patients and workers who are in contact with infected primates of African origin.