Ebola hemorrhagic fever re emerging infectious disease

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Int. J. Life. Sci. Scienti. Res., 3(6):1500-1505

November 2017

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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Anurag Rai1, Areena Hoda Siddiqui2*, Sunita Singh3, Chandranandani Negi4, Shabnam Parveen5 1 Tutor, Department of Microbiology, Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India 2 Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Lab Medicine, Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, India 3 Research Officer, Department of Microbiology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India 4 Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Dr. P. D. B. H Govt. P.G. College, Kotdwara, Uttarakhand, India 5 Regional Coordinator, International Journal of Life Sciences Scientific Research, India *

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Areena Hoda Siddiqui, Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Lab Medicine, Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, India Received: 21 June 2017/Revised: 23 August 2017/Accepted: 26 October 2017

ABSTRACT- Ebola can cause disease in humans and non-human primates like chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys). The spring of 2014 has brought a new calamity, the exotic infectious disease: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, which is caused by the highly contagious and pathogenic virus, transmitted directly by interpersonal contact or indirectly by common usage of the objects. The epidemic which occurred in Guinea tended to expand to neighboring countries; 83 deaths have been reported on April 1st 2014. Genetic analysis have revealed that the virus that causes this epidemic is similar in a proportion of 98% to Ebolavirus Zaire (EBOV) species that were responsible for the epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2008. The Ebola virus belongs to the Filoviridae family and genus Ebolavirus. Each species of the genus Ebola virus has one member virus, and four of these cause Ebola virus disease (EVD) in humans, a type of hemorrhagic fever having a very high case fatality rate up to 90% in humans. There are five identified Ebola virus species Bundibugyo Ebolavirus (BDBV), Ebolavirus Zaire (EBOV), Reston Ebolavirus (RESTV), Sudan Ebolavirus (SUDV), and Tai Forest Ebolavirus (TAFV). Ebola viruses are present in numerous African countries. The four of the five virus strains occur in an animal host native to Africa. Key-words- Ebola Virus (EBOV), Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs), Emerging Infectious Disease (EID)

INTRODUCTION Ebola, previously known as ‘Ebola hemorrhagic fever’, is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus species. Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa could be described as most severe public health emergency in modern times. Before the current situation, outbreaks have appeared sporadically in Africa. EVD (Ebola hemorrhagic fever) first appeared in 1976 with two concurrent outbreaks of acute viral hemorrhagic fever involving 284 cases (151 deaths [53%]) centered in Nzara, Sudan [1], and 318 cases (280 deaths [88%]) in Yambuku (near the Ebola River), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [2]. Since these original cases, there have been approximately 20 other outbreaks occurring through to 2013, involving nearly 2500 cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Gabon, Cote d’Ivoire, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo [3]. Access this article online Quick Response Code

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Ebola in India: Ebola is the new threat the world is currently fighting with no defense mechanisms. With the disease taking lives and the danger of it in India has been giving many sleepless nights. On 18th November 2014, one of the headlines of ‘The Times of India’ was “India's first ebola patient has been quarantined”. The 26-year-old man, travelling from Liberia to India is being isolated in a facility at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport. The infected male arrived at New Delhi airport from Liberia on November 10. He was admitted in a health facility in Liberia on September 11 and was discharged on September 30. Three blood samples from him were tested at National Centre for Disease Control (NDC), Delhi since November 10 to 13. Even as the blood tests were found to be negative for EVD, as has been reported in the past, the virus may continue to be positive in secretions like urine and semen for a longer time. His semen and urine samples were sent to NDC for reconfirmation tests. His semen sample tested positive for EBOV. The tests for semen samples were repeated at National Institute of Virology, Pune, on Nov 17, 2014, which was also tested positive.

Ebola Virus (EBOV)- EBOV is zoonotic filovirus and DOI: 10.21276/ijlssr.2017.3.6.12

belongs to the Filoviridae family, along with the genus Marburg virus comprised of envelope, non-segmented negative-stranded RNA. Up to now five species have

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