Sunday, December 7, 2014

The dissemination of ebola disease in west africa

By Alfred Obi


The outburst of Ebola disease in West Africa has been in the reports for months. At its current size it represents the biggest break out of the disease in known human history. This outburst has spread over a few states and cost many lives.

The Ebola disease in West Africa has a fatality rate of approximately 70%. This implies that 7 out of 10 patients to contract the disease will die. It is accept that this number is essentially higher and that many deaths are going unreported within this area.

So far the flare-up has only influenced West Africa. Other states and areas have had cases imported in by help worked but those cases have been treated and isolated. In this fashion the outbreak is an issue that only impacts West Africa and people who work in that area.

The pathogen has been found in six different states inside West Africa. The countries affected by Ebola illness in West Africa are; Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali, and Liberia. There were outbreaks in both Nigeria and Senegal but both countries have been declared freed from Ebola pathogen since October of the current year.

The stop of the pathogen in these West African states leaves wish for the eventual containment and cure of the disease. Sadly Mali has been the country with the newest reports of the Ebola virus showing that containment has not yet occurred. While this is disheartening the pathogen is progressing at a much gentler rate than was initially forecast.

there were an overall total of approximately 18,000 cases reported in the opinion of the counts made by The World Health Organization. However this number is said to be too low and forecasts say from this month onward upwards of 10,000 causes could occur a month.

The swift expansion of the Ebola virus in West Africa puts the entire area in danger. This pathogen makes it hard to maintain trade other other economic relations for the already bankrupted countries. Adding to this a large death roll is making this flare-up really hard on the entire area.




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