Title: Rare and Deadly Diseases: Ebola: Africa's Bloody Disease
Headings: Rare and Deadly Diseases: Ebola: Africa's Bloody Disease
Rare and Deadly Diseases: Ebola: Africa's Bloody Disease
Ebola: Africa's Bloody Disease
Rare and Deadly Diseases
Antigen Alert
Ebola's Frightening Symptoms
Infectious Knowledge
Potent Fact
How Ebola Is Spread
Diagnosing Hemorrhagic Fevers
Disease Diction
Treatment and Vaccines

Content: Therapy involving blood plasma from people who have recovered, anticoagulation agents, which attempt to reduce hemorrhaging, and interferon have been used with limited success. Their effectiveness remains controversial. The most effective way to reduce or prevent transmission in an outbreak is through the proper use of barrier protection for doctors and nurses. This includes the use of gloves and masks, with gloves being changed after every patient. Another important protection in a hospital is being sure all equipment is properly sterilized. People don't carry the virus. They get sick and their infected blood and bodily fluids infect others. Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dangerous Diseases and Epidemics 2002 by David Perlin, Ph.D., and Ann Cohen. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.