BIOL243 L19 Ebola & Yellow Fever

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  • Created on: 29-04-17 22:44
How many deaths are due to yellow fever?
30,000
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How many deaths a year a due to measles?
146,000
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When ws the MMR vaccine introduced?
1988
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When was the measles vaccine made?
1970
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How many measles cases are there in the uk?
530
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Where are the most cases of measles?
Krgyzstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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How many people die due to rabies each year?
55,000
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How fatal is rabies?
92%
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Where is yellow fever found?
Brazil and Africa but not Asia (we don't know why)
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How many deaths are due to yellow fever?
30,000 (more serious than dengue)
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What are the early stages of Ebola?
Appetite loss, headache, sore throat, trouble sleeping, feverish
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What is Ebola haemorrhagic fever?
Internal bleeding associated with Ebola
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What are the symptoms of Ebola?
Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Hiccups, Blood blisters, red eyes, bleeding from nose and mouth, internal bleeding, hypotension, multiple organ failure and death
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Where did Ebola begin? 1976
Zaire, 1976, at the ebola river
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What happened to the nuns of Yambuku?
They all died - they were giving blood transfusions as treatment for Ebola, but weren't sterilising the needle properly
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How many species of Ebola virus are there?
3
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What was the case fatality of the Wes African outbreak of Ebola?
40
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What was happening to the virus as time went on?
It was becoming more/less virulent - most likely an increase in virulence (particularly at the beginning of the outbreak)
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Where did the 2014 Ebola start?
Meliandou, Guinea - Next to Sierra Leone
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Where is the Kissi-ting triangle?
Becuase the Kissi-ting people likve there
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Who was the first case of 2014 Ebola?
Little boy
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How did they first catch Ebola?
Due to the hunting of bats which may contain the virus, or by eating fruit which the bats have eaten first
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Where did Ebola spread to?
Shanty towns
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What reduced the chances of Ebola spread?
Handwashing
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Where did Zika virus originate?
Zika forest
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Which ype of mosquito spreads Zika?
Aedes
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What are the symptoms of ZIka?
Fever, muscle aches, joint aches, maculopapular rash, headache, red eyes, swelling, vomiting, abdominal pain
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Aside from mosquitoes, how is Zika transmitted?
Sexually transmitted
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When was the first case of Zika recorded?
1966
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Where did the first big outbreak of Zika occur?
Yap island
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In south America, there was another expansion of the symptoms list:
Guillain Barre syndrome, microcephaly (babies born with birth defects),
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What is the main concern of Zika virus?
Perinatal transmission
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