Ebola VirusBriseno, Sebastian

The origin of Ebola

● it first started in Uganda, Africa ● after it started in Uganda it started spreading to Guinea, Liberia, Mali and Nigeria● even though Ebola started, they are a landlocked country

Symptoms of Ebola

● one of the symptoms of Ebola are weakness, fever, aches, diarrhea, vomiting and and stomach pain

● other possible symptoms are rashes, red eyes, chest pain, throat soreness, difficulty breathing or swallowing and bleeding(including internal)

Ebola affecting organs in the body

● Ebola is a deadly virus that attacks your immune system

● Ebola also damages your blood vessels and causes your blood pressure drop● also, Ebola kills all the cells in the liver

that produce proteins

Best places to travel to

● whenever you are going to travel is better to know if the place is already infected with Ebola

● its also important to go to a doctor after you get of the plane in case you were exposed to Ebola

Things to avoid

● one of the best things to avoid is physical contact, if it does happen you should wash or go to the doctor before it gets worse

● also, is good to avoid dead animals, fruit bats, bush meat,

monkeys, antelopes and porcupines

Ebola spreading to other countries

● Ebola is not only in West Africa, people have traveled around the world with Ebola

● one of the infected places are the U.S.A and Puerto Rico

Cases of Ebola

● in the United States there has been cases and death

● in West Africa there has been 10132 cases and 4690 deaths

How Ebola spreads● first, it fuses with cells lining

respiratory tract, eyes or body cavities● then, the virus genetic contents are

released into the cell ● further more, this genetic material

taker over cell machinery to replace itself

● finally, the virus produces and goes back to the system

How Ebola spreads

Possible cures

Ebola in Uganda

Ebola Airborne

Ebola Symptoms

Cases of Ebola

Work cited

● CDC/transmission.gov● CDC/travlers.gov● CNN.com● CDC/symptoms.gov● CDC/prevention.gov