The Ebola Virus worldwide has startled people: It spreads quickly. A cure there is not. Experts despair. So far, the pathogen, claiming more than 60 deaths, most of them in West Africa. Can be stopped, the Virus nevertheless soon?
The enemy is not silent, to see, and often fatal. The Name triggers in many people a deep-seated fear: Ebola. For many, the sounds of uncontrollable, terrible threat. In the West African state of Guinea, the Virus has killed in the past weeks, more than 60 people. In the neighboring country of Liberia, there was on Wednesday a further suspected case in the capital, Monrovia.
Ebola poses a threat as a few other viruses, the life of a Diseased. There is neither a cure nor a vaccination. The so-called hemorrhagic fever that is accompanied by bleeding, to die, according to the world health organization (WHO) from 20 to 90 percent of patients. Nevertheless, the disease occurs worldwide, but rarely. Germany is at risk in the opinion of experts is hardly.
The dead should not be touched
In Guinea itself, fear prevails before the plague. “The people here have, of course, fear. You see people die,“ says Roland Berehoudougou. He works for the children’s charity Plan International in Guinea’s capital Conakry. Berehoudougou to combat Ebola, especially with information. “We support the mass media and the schools. Prevention is now the Best thing we can do,“ says the native of Burkina Faso women. Sufferers may have a maximum of gloves, the Dead not even touched. Animal must be fully cooked before it can be eaten. Simple hygiene rules can be a life-saver.
The way in human body, Ebola is found according to the WHO, once sick animals of the rain forest. The first cases were reported in 1976 in Sudan and in the Congo. The patients probably thought initially that they had caught a common cold: you got a fever, head and muscle pain. But there was more.