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KAITLYNN TROYER DONALD

WHERE IS IT FOUND
The Ebola virus has taken its place in various parts of
Africa

West Africa has experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola in history

ever since march of 2014

WHAT IS THIS VIRUS

Mammalian reservoir

The initial transmission comes from an unknown mammalian reservoir and can be followed through
contact you have with people.

Direct contact, contact through bodily fluids or excreta, percutaneous injection, mucous membrane
contamination, and even contact with corpses.

Viremia (peaks around day 10)

HOW DOES ONE KNOW?

Symptoms and side effects

Abrupt onset of fever, headache, and muscle aches that will progress after about five days to
watery diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain

Then later signs can result in internal and external bleeding,

and multiple organ failure (60-90%)

IF I KNOW EBOLA IS LURKING NEAR ME WHAT DO I DO?

Immediately
Health Care Providers and Facilities: notifiable to local health jurisdiction
Laboratories: detection of Ebola virus notifiable to local health jurisdiction of the patients residence;
specimen submission is required (2 business days)
Local Health Jurisdictions: suspected and confirmed cases are notifiable to the Washington Department of
Health (CDE)

BUT WHO HAS BEEN EFFECTED!

From march 25 2014 all the way up until 2016 there has been an outbreak every month
The most recent have been on the 6 , 14 , and 15 of January
February 3, 2016 was the most recent this month
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WHERE TO RESOURCE FROM?

SOURCES CITED
HTTP://

WWW.DOH.WA.GOV/FORPUBLICHEALTHANDHEALTHCAREPROVIDERS/NOTIFIABLECONDITIONS/SHIGATO
XINPRODUCINGECOLISTEC

HTTP://WWW.CDC.GOV/VHF/EBOLA/INDEX.HTML