Ebola fever

If you are a first responder, HMRT member, firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical service person called to an incident, any incident, remember the following information about biological incidents. Except in unusual circumstances, you can t see a biological agent they are odorless, colorless, and tasteless. There is a delay in incubation even the much feared ebola fever which has a moderate transmissibility from person to person... 

Ebola Fever Aerosol Moderate High 7-9 days 5-15 days High Relatively unstable No Not effective No... 

Fig. 23.5 Portal (left) and parench)mal (right) round-cell inflammation. Clinical diagnosis Ebola fever...

The claims continued. In January 1978, a correspondent with Reuters news agency reported from NATO headquarters that scientific experts had informed him that the Russians were developing three horrific new diseases for warfare. .. Lassa fever, which, according to the sources, kills 35 out of every 100 people it strikes, Ebola fever, which kills 70 out of every 100, and the deadly Marburg fever (Green Monkey Disease). 5... 

Ebola fever, a disease that causes death of its victims, will not be spread primarily by contact with other victims. 

Filoviruses Ebola virus Long filamentous rods composed of a lipid envelope surrounding a helical nucleocapsid lOOOnm long, 80nm in diameter The virus is widespread amongst populations of monkeys. It can be spread to humans by contact with body fluids from the primates. The resulting haemorragic fever has a 90% case fatality rate... 

Susceptibility of viruses to antimicrobial agents can depend on whether the viruses possess a lipid envelope. Non-lipid viruses are frequently more resistant to disinfectants and it is also likely that such viruses cannot be readily categorized with respect to their sensitivities to antimicrobial agents. These viruses are responsible for many nosocomial infections, e.g. rotaviruses, picornaviruses and adenoviruses (see Chapter 3), and it may be necessary to select an antiseptic or disinfectant to suit specific circumstances. Certain viruses, such as Ebola and Marburg which cause haemorrhagic fevers, are highly infectious and their safe destruction by disinfectants is of paramount importance. 

Viral hemorrhagic fever (e.g., Ebola) Flu-like symptoms, internal bleeding 2 to 21 days... 

Fact Sheet 103 Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Geneva Health Communications and Public... 

Biological Agents BACTERIA (Anthrax, Brucellosis, Cholera, Plague, Tularemia). VIRUSES (Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Smallpox, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Ebola)). TOXINS (Botulinum, Ricin, Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B (SEB), Trichothecene Mycotoxins/T-2). 

Peters, C.J. Marburg and Ebola virus hemorrhagic fevers. In Mandell, G.L., Bennett, J.E., Dolin, R., eds. Principles and practice of infectious diseases. 5th ed. New York, New York Churchill Livingstone 2000, 2, 1821-3. 

Viruses (smallpox, encephalitis, and hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola, Lassa and Rift Valley fevers)... 

Ebola virus, Marburg virus, Lassa fever, Argentine and Bolivian hemorrhagic fevers, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever,... 

Jaundiced appearance Mortality rate is 15-30% for some (e.g., Ebola), can be as high as 90% Incubation period 4—21 days High fever... 

Ebola—Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola EF) is a severe, often-fatal disease in nonhuman primates such as monkeys, chimpanzees, and gorillas, and in humans. Ebola has appeared sporadically since 1976 when it was first recognized. 

Viral A hemor hagic fevers (Ebola, Marburg, Lassa) Animals— rodents, ticks 4-21 days Yes Contact Fever, massive hemor hage, malaise, facial/ ho ax fl ushing, HA, V/D, hypotension Fatal w/in 2 weeks Supportive, fluid replacement ribavirin for Congo-Crimean HF/arenavi ruses... 

Japanese B Ebola/Marburg Histoplasmosis Melioidosis Glanders Plague Psittacosis Q Fever Rabies Tularemia Rinderpest... 

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