All you need to know about Ebola virus

All you need to know about Ebola virus: 1.it is a central african disease that has traveled over countries in a living host to west African. it is easily spread by physical contact and eating contaminated bush meat. Major hosts are in 5 species of bats but monkeys and apes are easily infected and killed. 2. it kills in a week, leaving no time to treat an individual.3. it has no known vaccine or cure 4. known cases have been experienced recently i Guniea, liberia and central Africa Rep, spreading eastwards and westwards Nigeria. Death toll so far in West Africa is over 100. 5. The Ebola outbreakof 2014is the most challenging one witnessedin Africa. What we can do? 1. Avoid eating any bush meat for now! Especially apes and Bats, 2. Wash your hands as regularly as possible, especially after shakinga stranger. it is spread by contact, 3. The most straight forward prevention method during Ebola outbreaks is not touching patients, their excretions, and body fluids, or possibly contaminated materialsand utensils. patients should be isolated, and medical staff should be trained and apply atrict barrier nursing techniques(disposable face mask, gloves, goggles and a gown at all times) traditional burial rituals, especially those requiring embalming of bodies, should be discouraged or modified Awareness is key dont just read or ignore spread this campaign before the virus spreads thanks