Title: Ebola virus - microbewiki
Headings: Ebola virus
Ebola virus
Contents
Introduction
History
Transmission
Symptoms
Prevention and Treatment
Current Research
Relation to Global Health Today
References

Content: • Using breathing devices to maintain oxygen levels and drugs to control fever. • Maintaining blood pressure and trying to aid in blood clotting through medications. • Preventing infections from bacteria through use of antibiotics. • Relieving pain and keeping as clean of an environment as possible through good nursing care
A vaccine for Ebola virus is currently being extensively researched. Ebola is on the United States’ list of possible bioterror agents. Due to the high risk, the US government is putting funds into vaccine research. There is a vaccine that has been proven effective in non-human primates to prevent the contraction of Ebola virus, however there are no vaccines approved for humans yet. A prototype vaccine was administered in March of 2009 to a researcher who was accidentally pricked with a syringe containing Ebola virus particles. The vaccine was given to her as an emergency treatment. There seemed to be no harmful side effects of the injection and she did not develop Ebola hemorrhagic fever.