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The Deadly virus :Ebola

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Ebola viral haemoorhagic fever is a deadly illness caused by four totally different strains of  Ebola virus . This virus infects humans and anthropoid primates.  The disease has killed thousands of individuals in sub-Saharan African nations since its discovery in 1976.     The term viral haemorrhagic fever is known as it because of the within the Democratic Republic of Congo where it was initially reported. It is selected as CDC grade four thereby indicating that it's one in all the foremost  dangerous pathogens  on the world.  EHF incorporates a fifty to ninety % rate, with a speedy onset of symptoms that begin with a headache and raw throat and accomplish major internal & external haemorrhage and multiple organ failure. There is no glorious cure, and therefore the most up-to-date cases were reported at the tip of 2012 in African country. Ebola virus spreads by direct contact with blood and secretions. It is thought to unfold through close co

Don’t Get Kissed

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A guide to tackle Kissing bugs A group of scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has published a guide to battle a fatal disease transferred to humans by a blood sucking insect called kissing bug. The kissing bug carries the parasite , Trypanosoma cruzi which causes this fatal disease called Chagas disease. Chagas disease is estimated to affect more than 7 million people all around the world. It is often looked at as the silent killer because its symptoms are so difficult to be tracked. At early stages, the disease is treatable but if left undetected and untreated, it can lead to serious complications such as heart failure, an enlarged heart or stroke. Despite the serious effects it may cause upon the individual, there is still lack of knowledge about this disease and about the insect that carry the parasite as it shows no signs whatsoever. It's a complete myth that these kissing bugs could be only found in mud huts, they coul