Thursday, December 11, 2014

The growth of ebola illness in west africa

By Alfred Obi


The flare-up of Ebola disease in West Africa has been in the reports for months. At its current size it represents the largest outbreak of the illness in known human history. This outbreak has spread right across 1 or 2 states and cost many lives.

The Ebola illness in West Africa has a fatality rate of about 70%. This implies that 7 out of 10 patients to contract the disease will die. It is believe that this number is essentially higher and that many deaths are going unreported inside this area.

So far the flare-up has only affected West Africa. Other nations and areas have had cases imported in by help worked but those cases have been treated and isolated. In this manner the onset is a problem that only impacts West Africa and those who work in that area.

The virus has been found in six different states inside West Africa. The nations influenced by Ebola disease in West Africa are; Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali, and Liberia. There were onsets in both Nigeria and Senegal but both countries have been declared free of Ebola virus since October of this year.

The stop of the virus in these West African states leaves wish for the eventual containment and cure of the disease. Sadly Mali has been the country with the latest reports of the Ebola pathogen showing that containment has not yet took place. While this is depressing the virus is progressing at a much gentler rate than was originally predicted.

There have been a total of approximately 18,000 cases reported according to the counts made by The World Health Organisation. However this number is thought to be too low and forecasts say from this month onward more than 10,000 causes could occur a month.

The fast spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa puts the entire area in peril. This virus makes it tough to maintain trade other other business relations for the already bankrupted countries. Adding to this a large death roll is making this flare-up extremely hard on the whole area.




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