The Deadly Ebola Virus and How to deal with it?

Ebola Virus: the details

In the recent times, the onslaught of deadly Ebola took away too many lives across the continents a majority of which has been reported in West Africa alone. The Ebola Virus epidemic that broke out in 2013-2014 in West Africa caused more than 5000 deaths with more than 3 times suspected cases. World Health Organization (WHO) and other health regulatory bodies already declared the condition as alarming as the disease is spreading in other continents as well causing a grave public health threats. The viral disease is lethal and if not attended quickly with appropriate health measures can be life threatening.

Key things to remember regarding Ebola

Let us have a look at some of the key information on the nature and onslaught of Ebola

• Ebola virus is a lethal type of virus that is mainly transmitted to human from wild animal and then spread among human by human to human transmission.
• Typical fatality rate of this virus borne disease stands now at 50% which is quite alarming compared to many other virus-borne flu and other types of diseases.
• The first deadly outbreak of this viral disease has been reported first from Central Africa and then it spread to most of West Africa. The recent epidemic took lives both in urban as well as rural areas of West and Central Africa.
• Until now no vaccines have been medically approved to treat the disease, though 2 such vaccines are undergoing evaluation.
• Supportive treatment and controlling contract is extremely important to curb the disease.
• Some blood therapies, immune boosting treatment and drug therapies can effectively control the disease but until now no proven medication for the disorder could be ascertained.

The recent outbreak and contributing factors