Ebola United States

Get ready for the next pandemic Ebola  

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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 Ebola  caused more than 11,000 deaths in West Africa.

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

By the time a person infected with Ebola virus becomes symptomatic, they are typically starting to shed Ebola  . During an Ebola outbreak, health care workers and family members of patients are often the first to respond and provide care. In this role, they are at a high risk of becoming infected with Ebola as well. Therefore, it is important to understand how we can best prevent transmission in both clinical and home settings.

“Ebola can be both a national security and public health concern,” explained Lloyd Hough, who leads Department of Homeland Security  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.”

Ebola virus can remain infectious outside of the body for long periods of time. Ebola can survive in blood samples on various surfaces for several days, even in hot and humid conditions that would typically kill most other viruses and bacteria. In an aerosolized form, Ebola virus can survive for over an hour. Additionally, laboratory experiments have demonstrated that inhaling small amounts of Ebola virus can be fatal , and there are examples of Ebola virus disease being transmitted between individuals in close proximity, even though they had never been in direct contact 

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