Copyright 1997

By: Chris Van Deelen  chrisv@nucleus.com

     I found the information to write up these diseases on a very interesting
and Informative web site called 'Outbreak'.  This site has an active outbreak
listing, plus information regarding some of the deadliest disease's known to
mankind.  If it wasn't for this web page, I would not have been able to create
this dreaded nasty to be used with the disease system I wrote up for The
Morrow Project.
     If interested, the address for the web site is listed below:

     www.outbreak.org/cgi-unreg/dynaserve.exe/index.html

Ebola

Ebolais a virus named after a river in Zaire, its first site of discovery. 
Usually fatal in humans, it is a cause of viral hemorrhagic fever.  Two of the
four variations are described below.

Ebola Zaire
     DE-(A)-CON-6+1D8 Days-9-8 hours
     Pain, Puerpera, Nausea.

Ebola Sudan
     DE-(A)-CON-1+1D20 Days-6-8 hours
     Pain, Puerpera, Nausea.

     All forms of viral hemorrhagic fever begin with fever and muscle aches.
Depending on the particular virus, disease can progress until the patient
becomes very ill with respiratory problems, severe bleeding, kidney problems,
and shock. The severity of viral hemorrhagic fever can range from a relatively
mild illness to death. With Ebola, persons develop fever, chills, headaches,
muscle aches, and loss of appetite. As the disease progresses, vomiting,
diarrhea, abdominal pain, sore throat, and chest pain can occur. The blood
fails to clot and patients may bleed from injection sites as well as into the
gastrointestinal tract, skin, and internal organs
     Ebola Zaire seems to be fatal in about 90% of the cases. Ebola Sudan is
fatal in about 60%.
     Ebola virus is spread through close personal contact with a person who
is very ill with Ebola. In previous outbreaks, person-to-person spread
frequently occurred among hospital care workers or family members who were
caring for an ill person infected with Ebola virus. Blood and body fluids
contain large amounts of virus, thus transmission of the virus has also
occurred as a result of hypodermic needles being reused in the treatment of
patients.
     A patient infectious to others until complete recovery; i.e., until
there are no virus particles left in the blood. (But if the patient dies, his
or her corpse remains infectious and must be handled with extreme caution.)
     Patients who have recovered from an illness caused by Ebola virus do not
pose a serious risk for spreading the infection. However, the virus may be
present in the genital secretions of such persons for a brief period (up to 7
weeks) after their recovery, and therefore it is possible they can spread the
virus through sexual contact
     To avoid catching it, avoid contact with the bodily fluids (blood,
feces, urine, vomitus, etc.) of infected people.
     There is no cure or vaccine.