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The Ebola Outbreak: Causes, Symptoms, and Potential Treatment
TLDR This podcast episode discusses the recent Ebola outbreak, including its causes, symptoms, and potential treatment. The Ebola virus is spread through contact with infected bodies during burial practices, and it attacks immune cells, weakens blood vessels, and leads to organ failure and death. While the common methods of diagnosis and treatment are not effective enough, an experimental serum called ZMAP, made from tobacco plants, has shown potential in fighting off the Ebola virus.
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This podcast episode discusses the recent Ebola outbreak and the controversy surrounding bringing infected patients back to the United States.
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Ebola is a deadly virus that was discovered in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is named after the Evola River, with the deadliest strain being the Zaire type Ebola.
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The Ebola virus is spread through contact with the body of the deceased during ritual burials, which is a custom and tradition that is still being practiced during outbreaks, despite the fact that it is also spreading the virus.
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The Ebola virus attacks immune cells, weakens blood vessels, and leads to organ failure and death.
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Ebola symptoms start with flu-like symptoms, followed by bloody diarrhea, jaundice, sore throat, vomiting, and loss of appetite, and can progress to internal bleeding and organ failure.
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Ebola has two proteins that allow it to move in and out of host cells and hush the immune response, and it is believed that fruit bats are the main reservoir for the virus.
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The spread of Ebola is facilitated by factors such as fruit bat migration patterns due to climate change, lack of trust in government and health authorities, and close contact with infected bodies during burial practices.
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The Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly and the common methods of diagnosis and treatment are not effective enough, but there is an experimental serum called ZMAP that has shown some success in treating the disease.
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ZMAP, a monoclonal antibody treatment therapy made from tobacco plants, is being used to treat Ebola patients in Liberia, and while it is still new and the results are uncertain, it has shown potential in fighting off the Ebola virus.
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