Ebola
Current Ebola Outbreak, first detected March, 2014 Cases Deaths Up to 20 July 2014 (WHO) 1093 660 >From 20 July to 20 August 2014 1522 767 "So far there is no cure for Ebola, and no vaccine to prevent it" - Granma <http://www.granma.cu/mundo/2014-08-22/oms-explica-como-se-minusvaloro-la-ma gnitud-del-ebola-en-africa> >From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak> , the free encyclopedia: An epidemic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic> of Ebola virus disease <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease> (EVD) is ongoing in West Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa> . The outbreak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outbreak> began in Guinea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea> in December 2013, but was not detected until March 2014,[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak#cite_not e-CRM2014-4> after which it spread to Liberia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia> , Sierra Leone <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone> , and Nigeria <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria> . The outbreak is caused by the Zaire ebolavirus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus> , known simply as the Ebola virus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus> (EBOV). It is the most severe outbreak of Ebola <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks> in terms of the number of human cases and fatalities since the discovery of the virus in 1976,[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak#cite_not e-5> with the number of cases from the current outbreak now outnumbering all cases from previous outbreaks combined.[6] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak#cite_not e-6> As of 20 August 2014, the World Health Organization <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization> (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported a total of 2,615 suspected cases and 1,427 deaths (1,528 cases and 844 deaths being laboratory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory> confirmed).[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak#cite_not e-WHO-ebola-rpt-3> [7] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak#cite_not e-2014_Ebola_Outbreak_in_West_Africa-7> Many experts believe that the official numbers substantially understate the size of the outbreak, because of families' widespread reluctance to report cases.[8] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak#cite_not e-cordon-8> On 8 August, it formally designated the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_emergency_of_international_conce rn> .[9] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak#cite_not e-WHO_PHEIC_8Aug2014-9> This is a legal designation used only twice before (for the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic> and the 2014 resurgence of polio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio> ) and invokes legal measures on disease prevention, surveillance, control, and response, by 194 signatory countries.[10] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak#cite_not e-urlInside_Justice-WHO-PHEIC.E2.80.9D-10> Summary: - The current outbreak exceeds the size of all previous Ebola outbreaks, combined - Number of cases and deaths in the last month exceeds by far the total number since the start of the outbreak (i.e. the numbers in the most recent month exceed those in the previous four to five months, added together). -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
