Ebola Virus

Part I of Essay
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. ....

Part II of Essay
.... 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 to back track where it came from, defying a decent strategy to keep people away from its natural reservoir. However, it destroys the body so quickly that it doesn't have a chance to spread very far, at least in humans. This virus is a true paradox. Ebola Zaire is a nasty little virus with no known cure. The natural reservoir for the virus ....