Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as ebola virus i. Characteristics of ebola ebola is a enveloped virus negative strand rna size from 800nm in length and 80nm in diameter. Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including ebov, cause a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other mammals, known as ebola virus disease evd. Search, discover and share your favorite ebola gifs. In 20142015, international medical corps imc operated two ebola treatment units etus in liberia and three in sierra leone when the ebola virus disease epidemic killed over 11,000 people. Fue descrito por primera vez en 1976 por david finkes. Characteristics of ebola by daniel addison on prezi. Nevertheless, scientists understanding of dengue virus may be simplistic, as rather than distinct antigenic groups, a continuum appears. Ebola is the term for the viral genus ebolavirus ebov, or for the disease ebola hemorrhagic fever ehf. It is a mosquitoborne, single positivestranded rna virus of the family flaviviridae.
It is named after the ebola river, where the first recognized outbreak occurred. Five serotypes of the virus have been found, all of which can cause the full spectrum of disease. In 20142015, international medical corps imc operated two ebola treatment units etus in liberia and three in sierra leone when the ebola virus. Pdf ebola surveillance guinea, liberia, and sierra leone. Electron micrographs show long filaments, characteristic of the filoviridae viral family. Il virus ebola o virus di ebola ebov, in precedenza denominato zaire ebolavirus, e lunico ceppo della specie zaire ebolavirus, una delle cinque specie del genere ebolavirus, che a sua volta fa parte della famiglia filoviridae dellordine dei mononegavirales, virus a rna a singolo filamento negativo ssrna. Ebola virus has caused the majority of human deaths from evd, and was.
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