Ebola Virus
Description, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments

Also known as the Ebola Virus, this an extremely fatal disease found among humans as well as the non-human primate such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys. The disease was discovered in 1976. The disease was named after the river in Democratic epublic of Congo where this disease was first found.

What is Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever?

This is one of the two viruses which originate from the family of NA viruses also known as Filoviridae. There are five clearly defined sub-types of this Ebola Virus which are found among humans. These are known as the Ebola Sudan, Ebola Zaire, Ebola Coast and Ebola Bundibugyo. The last one which is known as Ebola eston is also a subtype but by far it has not been found in the humans and has only affected the non-human primates (Mahy & Peters, 1996).

The exact location or place of origin to the Ebola…...

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References

Geisbert, T.W., Jahrling, R.B. And Hanes, et al., (1992) M.A. "Association of Ebola- Related RestonVirus Particles and Antigen with Tissue Lesions of Monkeys Imported to the United States."

Mahy, B.W.J. And Peters, C.J. (1996) "Current Problems with Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers."

Microbe Hunters Past and Present.

Murphy, Frederick A., Kiley, Michael P., and Fisher-Hoch, Susan P. (1990). "Filoviridae: Marburg and Ebola." Fields' Virology.

In fact, four workers tested positive for the Ebola virus, but it did not make them sick, and eventually the virus passed from their bodies. The scientists do not know why this occurred, but they did learn that Ebola travels through the air, as well as being spread by blood and blood contact.
At first, it seems as if the people working on the Ebola project are doomed. The virus is extremely deadly, and almost impossible to cure. Fifty to 90% of people infected with the disease will die from it, and death is not quick, it is quite long and extremely painful. The body's blood supply begins to clot, and then not clot, and the virus takes over major organs, such as the liver and intestines, literally destroying them. It is a nasty virus, and in Africa when it broke out in 1976, it wiped out entire villages. Scientists…...

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References

Editors. "Questions and Answers about Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever." Centers for Disease Control. 2005. 23 Nov. 2007.  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola/qa.htm 

Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone. New York: Anchor Books, 1994.

Scenario An attack of Ebola Virus as a terrorist after an attack.
The Ebola virus can spread through the air if someone coughs or sneezes and their phlegm or liquid comes in contact with someone’s eyes, inside of their mouth, nose or some broken skin on the body like a cut or scrape (WHO, 2014). As a terrorist, the best way to get many people infected would be in a hospital setting or a place where people will sweat a lot and breathe more heavily like inside a gym. This would allow the contamination to be more effective. By sending someone to a gym and coughing around people working out, they would be more likely to contract the virus.
Sweat is also another way to transmit the pathogen, along with semen, vomit, and urine (WHO, 2014). In terms of who would be affected, if the clear choice is a gym, the expected targets…...

Ebola Epidemics – Challenges & Containment In Nigeria Ebola and Its Origins
There is no known origin of the Ebola virus that emerged with a vengeance in 2014 in West Africa. And while there had been numerous other documented cases of Ebola in Africa, the outbreaks had always been much smaller and confined to a particular locale. In 2014, however, tens of thousands of infections occurred, ranging across seven different African countries (Mari-Saez, Weiss & Nowak, 2015). What caused the outbreak is unclear, though some researchers have speculated that the fruit bat may be, if not the primary source of the virus, at least a transmitter of the virus to humans (Hassanin et al., 2016).
Transmission, Symptoms of Ebola
The fruit has been shown to be a host carrier of the Ebola virus in Africa (Hassanin et al., 2016). As the fruit bat is a source of food in Africa and considered a delicacy,…...

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References

Alexander, K. A., Sanderson, C. E., Marathe, M., Lewis, B. L., Rivers, C. M., Shaman, J., ... & Eubank, S. (2015). What factors might have led to the emergence of Ebola in West Africa?. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(6), e0003652.

Cardile, A. P., Murray, C. K., Littell, C. T., Shah, N. J., Fandre, M. N., Drinkwater, D.C., ... & Vento, T. J. (2015). Monitoring exposure to Ebola and health of US military personnel deployed in support of Ebola control efforts—Liberia, October 25, 2014–February 27, 2015. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 64(25), 690.

Hassanin, A., Nesi, N., Marin, J., Kadjo, B., Pourrut, X., Leroy, É., ... & Ruedi, M. (2016). Comparative phylogeography of African fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) provide new insights into the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, 2014–2016. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 339(11-12), 517-528.

Marí Sáez, A., Weiss, S., & Nowak, K. (2015). Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 7, 17-23.

Shuaib, F., Gunnala, R., Musa, E. O., Mahoney, F. J., Oguntimehin, O., Nguku, P. M., ...& Nasidi, A. (2014). Ebola virus disease outbreak-Nigeria, July-September 2014. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 63(39), 867-872.

Abstract Today, there are dozens of deadly diseases in the world, but the Ebola virus disease (alternatively “EVD” or “Ebola”) is among the most virulent and lethal. Although intensive research is underway, there is no cure currently available for Ebola and the death toll attributable to this disease continues to increase. To date, there have been nearly 30,000 cases of Ebola infections that caused more than 11,000 deaths, primarily in West Africa, but the disease has the potential to spread worldwide unless first responders, emergency management managers and the health care community take aggressive steps to identify infections and contain outbreaks. The main purpose of this study is to provide a systematic and critical review of the relevant juried, scholarly and governmental literature about the Ebola virus disease to create an awareness manual that is targeted at educating Nigerian citizens concerning this disease. A secondary purpose of this study is to…...

Indigenous Environmental Studies
The Link

For this assignment, we choose the problem of deforestation in Africa and it potential link to the outbreak of the Ebola virus. There have been scientific discussions and debates about whether deforestation was the primary cause of the rise and spread of the Ebola virus which is yet to be conclusively proven but there are enough indications to this end. Hence, for this paper, it is proposed to study the possible link between deforestation in Africa to the spread of the deadly virus that resulted in one of the greatest natural disasters for mankind.

Was deforestation the case of west Africa's Ebola outbreak?

Deforestation in Africa -- especially in sub-Saharan Africa is a major problem and a cause of concern for environmentalists as well as for the local population. However, this problem turned out to be a care for the global population after the rapid spread of the Ebola…...

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References

Chasek, P., Downie, D., & Brown, J. (2014). Global environmental politics. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Clerici, M., Combal, B., Pekel, J., Dubois, G., van't Klooster, J., Skoien, J., & Bartholome, E. (2013). The eStation, an Earth Observation processing service in support to ecological monitoring. Ecological Informatics, 18, 162-170.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.08.004 

Davies, C. (2015). Deforestation 'may have started west Africa's Ebola outbreak'. The Guardian, p. 1. Retrieved from  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/29/deforestation-might-have-started-west-africas-ebola-outbreak 

Ginsberg, J. (2014). How saving West African forests might have prevented the Ebola epidemic. The Guardian, p. 1. Retrieved from    http://news.mongabay.com ,. (2006). Africa's deforestation rate may be underestimated. Retrieved 25 February 2016, from http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2014/oct/03/ebola-epidemic-bats-deforestation-west-africa-guinea-sierra-leone-liberia 

What are Bacteria and Viruses?
The most palpable variance between bacteria and viruses is their size. Whereas both bacteria and viruses are too tiny to notice with the naked eye, most bacteria are about one micrometer in length and can be perceived with a good optical microscope. On the other hand, viruses are smaller than the wavelength of visible light, which implies that they can be solely perceived by using an electron microscope (Nursing Times, 2006). Infection, every so often the initial phase, takes place when bacteria, viruses or other microbes that cause disease enter the human body and start to proliferate. Disease comes about and ensues when the cells in the human body are damaged, as a result of the infection, and signs and symptoms of a disease appear.
Causes

Bacterial and viral infections are contaminations caused by bacteria and viruses. Bacteria release toxins into the blood stream whereas viruses damage body…...

Writing a paper about a complex issue such as the Zika virus can be a challenging enterprise, but the model essay presented below provides some useful guidance concerning how to get started, including developing an appropriate thesis, writing an outline and locating relevant content from reliable and legitimate sources. Writing an abstract, introduction and conclusion becomes easier once the preliminary research for the body of the essay is completed.
Topics:

The Effects of Zika virus on pregnant women

How the Zika virus is spread from country to country

Identifying opportunities to reduce Zika virus infections

Will the Zika virus become a pandemic?

Titles:

The Epidemiology of the Zika Virus

The Origins and Transmission of the Zika Virus

The Zika Virus:  Who is at Risk and What Can be Done?

Outline:

I.  Introduction

II.  Review and Discussion

     A.  Background and overview

     B.  Recent and current trends in Zika virus infections

     C.  What can be done to reduce the risk of…...

, 2001). These two simple measures can drastically increase the subsequent spread of infectious disease throughout the country.
In Outbreak, the military institutes martial law to quarantine the infected populace in the town of Cedar Creek. Eventually, the military begins plans to bomb Cedar Creek in an attempt to eradicate the virus, which had thus far proven untenable. hile the concept of the United States government destroying a small town and murdering its populace is likely superlative Hollywood movie-making, the institution of martial law is a realistic and effective approach toward preventing further spread (Yassi et al., 2001).

In addition to the non-medical measures which can be taken to deal with the spread of an infectious agent, there are several medical actions which could be utilized to treat infected invididuals, including antivirals, antibiotics, or vaccines (Yassi et al., 2001). For example, antivirals and vaccines are both being utilized in an effort to…...

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Works Cited

Cavendish, M. (2007). Diseases and Disorders (p. 328). Marshall Cavendish.

Groseth, A., Feldmann, H., & Strong, J.E. (2007). The ecology of Ebola virus. Trends in Microbiology, 15(9), 408-416. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.08.001.

Petersen, W. (1995). Outbreak. Warner Bros. Pictures.

Preston, R. (2009). Panic in Level 4 (p. 230). Random House, Inc.

What are Bacteria and Viruses?
The most basic difference between bacteria and viruses is their size. Whereas both bacteria and viruses are too tiny to notice with the naked eye, most bacteria are about one micrometer in length and can be perceived with a good optical microscope. On the other hand, viruses are smaller than the wavelength of visible light, which suggests that they can only be perceived by using an electron microscope (Nursing Times, 2006). Infection, every so often the initial phase, takes place when bacteria, viruses or other microbes that cause disease enter the human body and start to multiply. Disease comes about and ensues when the cells in the human body are damaged, as a result of the infection, and signs and symptoms of a disease appear.
Causes

Bacterial and viral infections are contaminations caused by bacteria and viruses. Bacteria release poisons known as toxins into the blood stream whereas…...

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Guillemin, J. "Germ Warfare Under the Microscope." Futurist 42(3) May/Jun 2008: p. 31. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCOHost. University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ. April 22, 2009 .

Kelle, A. "Strengthening the Effectiveness of the BTW Control Regime -- Feasibility and Options." Contemporary Security Policy 24(2) Aug 2003: p. 95-132. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCOHost. University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ. April 22, 2009 .

Coping Through the Use of Informal Institutions during COVID-19 in South Africa, Nigeria, and SwazilandChapter 1: IntroductionThe global outbreak of COVID-19 raises many concerns regarding how individuals and communities who live in African countries, with fragile health systems, cope with the pandemic. During past pandemics, individuals and communities in Africa have relied on customary practices and traditions, also commonly referred to as informal institutions (Moore, 2020). Informal institutions have continued to function in rural and poverty-stricken areas of Africa in response to a lack of adequate support from formal governing bodies and are primarily used at the community level (Azevedo, 2017). Thus, there is a plethora of literature on community participation in informal institutions within African communities; however, no known research has explored the experiences of individuals who use informal institutions to cope during a pandemic. This chapter begins with background information relevant to the topic, followed by a description…...

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Describe your role in the family. It provides context about whether or not they are a caregiver or if they are there because they support the family financially. What do you do for a living? Provides context about their responsibilities in the family and community. · Tell me about your community. · When was it established? · When did you join your community? · What were the circumstances surrounding your joining of the community? It provides context about the circumstances surrounding the community\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s establishment and why they joined that community and what the community might be struggling with. What resources are available in your community? It provides context about types of supports that might be available in the community. How do you cope when the resources you need are not available in the community? It provides context about how individuals obtain the resources they need. Tell me about your first memory of when you had to seek resources outside of the community? Provides a context of the resourcefulness of what is available within the community What was the reason for seeking the resources sought out of the community? Provides an overview of the sufficiency and availability of the resources within the community What has been the experience within the community when the first case of COVID-19 was announced in the country? Provides an understanding of the effect of COVID-19 at the community level, e.g., anxiety, panic, etc. How have the preventive measures put in place, e.g., lockdown, affected you in the community? This provides a context of the effects of the lockdown at a more practical level, especially on resources and strain on families How would you say the community is faring up to date? This provides a real-time picture of how the pandemic has affected the community and how it is thus far How was the infrastructure and structures within the community before COVID-19? Provides a picture and status of the community’s systems before COVID-19 to determine preparedness How have the structures and infrastructure within the community faired thus far with the effects of the pandemic? To create a picture of how the pandemic and the preventive measures have affected the community systems Do you have any memory of an event similar to COVID-19, whether conflict, natural disaster, etc.? Provides a picture of any prior experiences that might help in responding to the current crisis If answer yes;How did the effect of COVID-19 compare to that similar event? Provides a comparative background from which to gauge the response to the current COVID-19 challenges What measures have the community leaders put in place to strengthen the response to COVID-19 by the community? An indication of the community’s leadership status, the ability to adapt, and even the power to institute corrective measures indicates the community\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s status. Do you think the community is strong enough and well prepared to handle a crisis like COVID-19? Provides the interviewee’s opinion on the status of the community Are you satisfied with the measures being put in place to strengthen the community better? Provides an interviewee’s judgmental-based opinion on the improvements to make the community more resilient Second InterviewThe purpose of the second interview will be to collect data specific to the study’s research questions.RQ1: How do individuals living in rural Africa use informal institutions to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic? Interview Questions Purpose of Question Theoretical Framework Component Variations of questions based on country: South Africa, Nigeria, Swaziland Tell me about a recent time when someone in the community helped you or a family member cope with COVID.Prompt: What did you have to do to get this help? It indicates whether it is acceptable to the individual to seek support within the community. Cultural/ Cognitive perspective Tell me about a recent time when you had to seek resources outside the community. Prompt: What did you have to do to get this help? It indicates whether it is acceptable to the individual to seek support outside the community. Cultural perspective Tell me about any governmental support you have received during the COVID pandemic. Prompt: If they did not access, why did they choose to engage? Indicates their perspective on whether they feel the government is capable of giving them the support they need. Normative perspective Give me a recent example of a time when accepting help from the government was beneficial or detrimental. Indicates their perspective of whether there are fears or suspicion about government support due to formal laws and regulations. Regulatory perspective How does it make you feel when you have to ask for help outside the community?Inside the community? Subjective perspective Think back to a time when you sought help from within the community…. Indicates how prior experiences shape their response to COVID. Path dependency Think back to a time when you sought help from outside the community…. Indicates how prior experiences shape their response to COVID. Path dependency What help was sought, and why was it sought from outside the community? Indicates the resource inadequacies within the community Path dependency Are there other people, family members, or neighbors you know who also sought help outside the country? Indicates the vulnerability level within the community Path dependency Were there any improvements in the community to address the inadequacy? Indicates the preparedness of the community and the desire to make the community self-sufficient Path dependency Do you think the community has adequate resources to support all during a crisis? Provides the interviewee’s opinion Subjective perspective In your family, how has COVID-19 and the effects of the lockdown affected you? Indicates the toll that the pandemic has had on the community Subjective perspective What measures and adjustments have you put in place at the family level to cope with COVID-19? Provides an outlook of the severity of COVID to the family and how the pandemic has affected them Normative perspective Management of COVID-19 requires health professionals, security personnel, and financial resource; how do you rank each within your community? Refines the resource-inadequacy to the specific social construct, i.e., health, security, administrative, or financial Path dependency Do you think the community was prepared to tackle COVID-19? The opinion of the interviewee on the level of preparedness within the community to handle crises Subjective perspective Interview protocolPart 1: Initial PreparationsBecause this research involves humans as the source of the required data, an IRB is required. Thus, after the IRB is acquired, the first step will be to visit the community for orientation purposes. This will be contacting the visiting the local administration, preferably the chief or the Community chief/headman. Next, the researcher will visit the prospective interviewees for initial contact, be done with the help and in the community chief\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s presence.As the researcher and the one with the duty of data collection, I will introduce myself, full names, profession, and then explain the research\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s aim and purpose to the prospective study participants and their rights during the interview. Those who offer to participate in the study will then be required to sign consent forms, remaining with the researcher. The participants will be made aware of their right to leave at any time during the study if they so wish.As the interviewer, I will make arrangements with the participants on the location and time for the interviews. On the day of the interview, I will proceed with part 2 below.Part 2: Interview introductionAt the outset, I want to thank all of you for agreeing to participate in this study on “The use of Informal Institutions to cope with COVID-19.” You have been selected as you have been identified, first, as members of this community and second because you are considered to have a great deal of experience and information on not just COVID-19 but also other crises that your community has faced. Each interview will last for about 30 to 45 minutes.With me is a list of interview questions designed to help you reflect on your experiences and feeling with the CCOVID-19 pandemic and the mitigation measures that were put in place for your country. You can choose to decline to answer any question that might make you uncomfortable. As earlier indicated, you are also free to withdraw from the study at any time you so wish. In this study, your privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance, and as the Principal Researcher, I will take the requisite measure to ensure confidentiality. There are no foreseeable risks linked with your participation in this study.To ensure I get your responses to the interview questions correct, I will be audio recording this interview to capture what you say. Also, you will notice me taking notes during the interview. This is meant to facilitate my data analysis when the time comes. A professional transcription company or I will transcribe the audiotape I make during the data analysis phase. If I opt for the transcription company, they will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement to ensure your confidentiality.Unless there are any questions, I will now lie to begin the session. Is that all right with you? (Turn the audio recorder on)(Interview to be done using the interview questionnaire)Part 3: Concluding phaseNow that we are done with the question, I want to thank you for participating in this interview. In case I need to capture any additional information, I will contact you with the follow-up questions. I hope that okay with you. I will also be offering you with a transcript of this interview as soon as it is available and my initial notes and interpretation of the interview. I will then request that you provide me with your feedback on any revisions you might think are necessary, and this will be within a specific timeframe to be communicated. Can you please confirm your contact information that you would like me to reach you through?Do you have any questions that you might want me to respond to? (Respond to any question, if any). Well, that is the end; thank you again for participating in this study(Turn audio recorder off).http://www.capri.cgiar.org/pdf/capriwp58.pdf 

Ethics
Dr. Paul Hunter's efusal

The Case of Dr. Lukwiya

Justification of the Pressure of health Care

Dr. Paul Hunter's efusal:

Dr Hunter was very straightforward about admitting that he was afraid to treat the patient with monleypox. He did not mince words in saying that he was concerned that if he touched the patient he might get infected with the disease and in turn would end up infecting his children who were under the age 11. He was in fact happy that when the patient tasked himself to be transferred. The doctor tried and stayed away from the patient as much as possible and hence he did not even touch the patient even though he made regular visits to the isolation ward of the hospital. His primary concern was the safety and the life of his children because being doctor he very well knew the threat to life that the disease could pose.…...

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Emergency Response The two most important operations that are executed during a successful response effort are evacuation and hazard or threat containment. Communication is essential to both responses and neither can be achieved without an effective communication effort; however, communication by itself is not a sufficient goal. In an emergency response situation, the two most critical steps are to safely evacuate anyone potentially still in danger and to then effectively contain the threat so that the danger does not spread to other places and risk the lives of others. Victim treatment and apprehension of the perpetrators are important—but in the first stages of response, they are secondary to the immediate goal of getting people to safety, which is always going to be the first and foremost initial concern in any emergency response approach (Haddow, Bullock & Coppola, 2017).
As Ding, Tong, Zhang and Mao (2018) point out, evacuation is one of the…...

isk Analysis and the Security Survey
The following risk analysis and security survey report will be centered on the hospital as an organization. Vulnerabilities can be classified as crime opportunities, opportunities for breaking rules and regulations, opportunities for profiting and also for loss. By definition, vulnerability can be a gap or a weakness inside a security program that might be exploited by opponents to acquire unlawful access. Vulnerabilities include procedural, human, structural, electronic as well as other elements that offer opportunities to damage assets (Vellani and Owles, 2007).

A vulnerability assessment can be classified as a systematic method utilized to evaluate an organization's security position, assess the efficiency of current security infrastructure, as well as, recognize security limitations. The basic approach of a Vulnerability Assessment (VA) first measures what precise assets require protection. Subsequently, VA recognizes the protection measures previously being used to protect those assets, as well as what limitations exist…...

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