Malignant Ebola Virus Plague Again, turn to the attacked Uganda

Malignant Ebola Virus Plague Again, turn to the attacked Uganda

Kibaale, Uganda, deadly Ebola virus that can blossom like a vicious version of the dengue fever epidemic in Africa again. This time, make sure the virus is attacking Uganda and has claimed 14 lives in the past month.

In recent weeks many are speculating with these exotic diseases, but eventually the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Uganda has been attacked by the deadly Ebola virus outbreak.

"Investigations conducted laboratory Uganda Virus Research Institute has confirmed that a strange disease that was reported in Kibaale is indeed Ebola hemorrhagic fever," said WHO in a statement, as reported by Dailymail, Monday (30/07/2012).

Kibaale is a district in west central Uganda, where people in recent weeks has been plagued by a mysterious disease that came out of nowhere.

Ugandan health officials have been confused and spent weeks doing laboratory tests that were initially not convinced. Until now there were 20 reported cases and 14 of them had died.

"Two people who are infected have been isolated for inspection by researchers and health officials. A clinical officer and two days later 4-month-old baby died of illness caused by Ebola virus," said one health official Uganda.

Ugandan health officials are asking the public to remain calm while emergency workers nationwide have been formed to stop the spread of disease to prevent further spread.

There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola. In Uganda, in 2000 the disease has killed 224 people and left hundreds of people over the trauma. This latest outbreak revived terrible memories of the people of Uganda.

Which manifests as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is highly contagious and kills quickly. The disease was first reported in 1976 in Congo, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC).

The disease is characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, sore throat, weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Rash, red eyes, hiccups and internal and external bleeding may occur in some patients.

Scientists do not know the natural reservoir of the virus, but they suspect the victim's first outbreak of Ebola infected through contact with infected animals, like monkeys.

The virus can be transmitted through direct contact with blood or secretions of an infected person, or objects that have been contaminated with infected fluids.

"During the communal cemetery, for example, when the grieving person contact with victims of Ebola, the virus can be transmitted," said officials have warned against unnecessary contact with suspected cases of Ebola.

In Kibaale, some villagers have started to leave their homes in recent weeks to escape, because they thought the illness had something to do with bad luck, because people quickly falling ill and dying.