The consequences of the disease are far reaching, as the Republic of Congo is still a fledgling country recovering from civil war (as Zaire) and in fighting in the government.
The Republic of Congo is a country in debt. The country had already defaulted on a loan from the African Development Bank. Owing the bank 186 million dollars. The country is also indebted to the French Developmental agency in the amount of 744 million dollars. The battle against Ebola is an expensive undertaking because of the highly contagious nature of the disease and the high fatality rate of the disease. Recently Congo received a grant of 500,000 dollars to help finance the epidemiological control of the Ebola Virus from the African developmental Bank, which Congo is now repaying. Is this enough? The disease strikes in remote areas of the country where proper health facilities are practically non-existent. The people who are affected by this disease are usually poverty stricken. The total amount of grants from African Developmental bank received by Congo in order to battle the disease is 1.22 million US dollars.
As Ebola is a zoonosis it usually originates in the animal population. This is of significant import to the already dwindling population of Apes in the forests and reserves in the surrounding area. Particularly the Minkebe forest in neighboring Gabon, another West African country in which Ebola outbreaks have occurred, and the Lossi Sanctuary and the surrounding area. The ape population already ravaged by poaching and other illegal activity is now on the brink of extinction for many species. The mountain gorilla population has dropped below seven hundred and the low land population of ninety four thousand has been halved. If the current trend does not change experts think that the Orangutan population will no longer exist in ten years. The apes are very closely linked to humans and therefore can give some hint as to human evolution (if you are a supporter of the evolution theory).
There have been four identified strains of Ebola. ... Ebola Sudan was discovered in Western Sudan in 1976. Ebola Tai is the most recently discovered type of Ebola virus. ... The first three species of Ebola are not transmitted by air. As the Ebola Reston is suspected to be airborne. ...
The Ebola virus, though extremely deadly, is misunderstood. ... Ebola was first identified in Sudan and Zaire in 1976. As of now we have no cure for the Ebola virus. ... Ebola is transmitted by bodily fluids and not by air. ... As of now there is no vaccine for Ebola. ...
Ebola Virus, burst from obscurity with spectacular outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic fever. ... Genetic analyses indicate that there are at least four distinguishable subtypes of Ebola virus: Ebola Zaire, Sudan, Reston and Cote d" Ivoire. ... The Ebola virus attacks every component of the human body. ... This is a significant indication that Ebola did not evolve with vertebrates. ... Many Ebola outbreaks have occurred in the rainy season in Africa. ...
Ebola is an epidemic that is growing at unstoppable rate. ... Ebola is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with a strain of Ebola virus. ... Ebola is spread through direct contact with blood and body fluids of a person infected by and already showing symptoms of Ebola. Ebola is not spread through the air, water, food, or mosquitoes. ... Duncan's death, there have been three other known Ebola infected patients most of them volunteer doctors who have visited the three Ebola infected West African countries. ...
Ebola Virus The Ebola virus, named after the Ebola River in Zaire, is a highly contagious virus. ... History of Ebola The Ebola virus was first documented in Zimbabwe, South Africa and in Kenya in 1976. ... Transmission of Ebola Ebola virus is spread through close personal contact with a person who is infected with Ebola. ... Identified Ebola viruses Until present day, four subtypes of Ebola virus has been identified: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Reston, Ebola-Ivory Coast. ... Ebola-Sudan, the second strain identified, was discovered near the place around the same time of the Ebola...
Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease occurring in humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees. ... People can be exposed to the Ebola virus from direct contact with the blood and/or secretions of an infected person. ... The incubation period for Ebola hemorrhagic fever may range from two to twenty-one days. ... Laboratory tests for Ebola are an antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or ELISA, polymerase chain reaction, and virus isolation. ... Because the natural reservoir of the Ebola virus is unknown, prevention in Africa is very challenging. ...
The Ebola virus is a deadly virus in the filovirus family. The filovirus family consists of Ebola Zaire, the most dangerous of the Ebola viruses, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Marburg. ... Ebola Reston is the only strain of Ebola that has been proven to transmit through the air and it's been the only Ebola not fatal to humans being a virus that strictly attacks monkeys. ... There is no known vaccine for Ebola yet but there's testing for a vaccine that has worked on mice infected with Ebola. ... No one knows exactly when Ebola will break out next, and no one knows where Ebola is hidi...
The Ebola virus is a deadly virus in the filovirus family. The filovirus family consists of Ebola Zaire, the most dangerous of the Ebola viruses, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Marburg. ... Ebola Reston is the only strain of Ebola that has been proven to transmit through the air and it's been the only Ebola not fatal to humans being a virus that strictly attacks monkeys. ... There is no known vaccine for Ebola yet but there's testing for a vaccine that has worked on mice infected with Ebola. ... No one knows exactly when Ebola will break out next, and no one knows where Ebola is hidi...
Ebola The intrusion of the Ebola virus is a result of mans closer contact with the rainforest. ... The Variations of the Ebola Virus Ebola Zaire Ebola Zaire was the first recorded occurrence of the Ebola virus in man. Ebola Zaire is so far the most lethal of the Ebola strains with a fatality rate between 80 - 90 %. ... Ebola Sudan The Ebola Sudan outbreak occurred roughly the same time that the Ebola Zaire outbreak took place. ... Ebola Tai This is the most recently identified of Ebola viruses (1995), though the discovery of the Tai strain has now sparked a debate as to what actually c...
