EBOLA WARNING ISSUED

Ebola United States

https://www.ebolaoutbreakmap.com/listings/ebola-at-airport/

China developed airborne Ebola 

Homeland Security issued an airborne ebola warning 

Currently, Smiths Detection has developed, and is marketing, solutions that detect a wide range of threats including anthrax, ricin, Ebola, salmonella, Phytophthora, Ralstonia, and airborne COVID-19.

Natural outbreaks of the Ebola virus, while severe, are typically isolated and usually affect no more than a few hundred people at a time. However, from 2014-2016, infections from this deadly virus caused more than 11,000 deaths in West Africa.

During this time, cases of Ebola  were also diagnosed in the United States, due to infected travelers from West Africa that had unknowingly harbored and incubated the virus while en-route to their respective destinations.

By the time a person infected with Ebola virus becomes symptomatic, they are typically starting to shed the virus.

 While these EBOLA cases are common, it is possible that a small fraction of the cases of Ebola virus infection may be the result of exposure to small droplets or aerosols .

“Ebola can be both a national security and public health concern,” explained Lloyd Hough, who leads S&T’s Hazard Awareness and Characterization Technology Center. “We’re looking forward to applying these methods to better characterize the risks associated with Ebola virus, and are hopeful that others can benefit from these techniques as well.”