Ebola Virus

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Term Paper Title	Ebola Virus
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Ebola Virus

Ebola Virus

        With a ninety percent mortality rate, high mutation capability, and
opportunities for genetic re-assortment Ebola Zaire is one of the most deadly
and unforgiving viruses in the known world.  A new family of viruses termed
filoviruses, was first discovered in 1967 Marburg W. Germany.  Ebola Zaire was
first isolated in 1976 at Center of Disease Control, Porton Down in the UK, and
at the Institute for Tropical Diseases in Antwerp, Belgium.  Immunological
uniqueness was found in the laboratory of Dr. Karl Johnson at the Center for
Disease Control Atlanta.  Since then, there have been five more included in this
family.
     It is a biological level 4 pathogen, meaning there is no known cure.  It
is one of the hardest and most deadly to work and study with.  There are only
two labs in the world that are effectively capable of and authorized to handling
the hot virus.   Both of these labs are in the United States: The United States
Army Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRID) in Reston, Virginia, and
the Center for Disease Control (CDC), in Atlanta, Georgia.
     Ebola Zaire if great at what it does, to well.  It kills so quickly that
the index case, the first person to start an outbreak is usually dead before the
proper authorities can show up and try ...

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