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Ebola is a fast-spreading endemic fatality that has been making headlines and has become a priority for the World Health Organization (WHO) to find a way to control and treat this viral menace. The virus which was earlier confined to animals has spread to human being causing serious fatal hemorrhagic fever. It was named Ebola after the first outbreak in 1976, which occurred near river Ebola, in the Democratic republic of Congo. Recently, a fatal outbreak of virus has been reported in four neighboring West African countries: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria. Till date, 1,779 cases have been identified and 1,000 deaths have been recorded. There are ongoing researches to find a vaccine for this virus, but much is in the initial animal trials. However, a recent report that this trial vaccine was administered on an American doctor who was infected with the virus. The effectiveness of this human administration is awaited. But many are pushing for its use on the larger population as clock ticks by. This poster could highlight the structure of virus, its mode of transmission, pathogenesis, clinical signs and symptoms, epidemiology, prevention, treatment and recent research advances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
