Basic knowledge about Ebola (ABC)

Scientific research shows that the presence of Ebola virus has a long history and may have been around for more than 20 million years.

The Ebola virus shows a kind of "Silk-like", fine and long, colorless and transparent, with a diameter of 80 nanometers, ranging in length from 14 microns to 130 microns. However, the Genetic Genome of Ebola is long.

Once the Ebola virus intruded into the human body (no matter through any channel of infection), it immediately intruded into the body's cell tissue, rapidly multiplied in it (the specific reproduction mechanism is unclear), and then drilled into the cells one after another, destroy other healthy cells. However, the Ebola virus itself does not have a metabolic system, and the reproduction activities itself are all of its life characteristics. That is to say, once the human body leaves, the Ebola virus will soon die and will not fly with the wind, causing air infection.

Since there is no specific vaccine for the treatment of Ebola virus, the current treatment for Ebola patients can only be injection of antibiotics, taking painkillers, drops of normal saline, it is necessary to prevent patients from being physically isolated due to lack of water (to avoid infecting others). Because the patients suffer from vomiting blood and diarrhea (with blood), the patient's bedding often needs to be changed, and the labor costs are high.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has a mortality rate of up to 70%. That is to say, Ebola patients are basically waiting to die. Therefore, it is imperative to develop an effective vaccine against Ebola. In the future, if the Ebola virus treatment vaccine can stop (or interfere with, or interrupt) the reproduction of the Ebola virus, then the life characteristics (reproduction activities) of the Ebola virus will disappear, viruses are naturally categorized as "NONE". An "Ebola-free" world is coming!

Note: ebola patients are generally killed due to extreme water shortage, full body collapse, and low blood pressure.

Basic knowledge about Ebola (ABC)