Name of the diseaseEbola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF)Four identified subtypes of Ebola: (4) · Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Côte d'Ivoire (causes disease in humans) · Ebola-Reston (causes disease in non-human primates only)Means of transmissionPerson-to-person transmissionDirect contact with blood, secretions, semen, vomit, diarrhea (1) or organs from an infected personSexually transmitted - “Transmission through semen can occur up to 7 weeks after clinical recovery, as in the case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever. (2) Direct contact of the body of the deceased during burial ceremonies (3) Indirect contact: touching contaminated objects such as needles. Aerosol transmission: “Not implicated in human outbreaks, although transmission by airborne particles has been documented in research settings and in the spread of Ebola. -Stay. (4) Nosocomial transmission (hospital transmission): a problem in health care settings where sterilization and barrier nursing procedures are not routinely practiced. (5) In African healthcare facilities, patients are often treated without masks, gowns or gloves. (4) “When needles or syringes are used, they may not be of the disposable type or may not have been sterilized, but only rinsed before being reinserted into multi-use medication bottles. If needles or syringes become contaminated with a virus and are then reused, many people can become infected. » (4) Contact with a sick animal (4) "Infection of human cases with the Ebola virus has been documented during the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas and forest antelopes - dead and alive - as has been documented in Ivory Coast. , the Republic of Congo and Gabon. Ebola transmission Reston str...... middle of paper......, accessed 12/5/05.Anon. “Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: CDC Special Pathogens Branch.” » Updated November 18, 2005. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola/qa.htm, accessed 12/5/05. Anon. “Virology Web Poster Project: Ebola. » Fall 2004. URL: http://www.biosci.ohiou.edu/virology/Ebola/Background1.htm, accessed 12/5/05.Anon. “Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia: Ebola hemorrhagic fever. » Updated February 2, 2004. URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001339.htm, accessed 5/12/05. Waterman, Tara. “Tara Ebola Site: Honors Thesis: Stanford University.” Updated March 1, 1999. URL: http://virus.stanford.edu/filo/filo.html, accessed 12/9/05. Anon. “Ebola Research Paper: The Ebola Virus. » URL: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Immunology/Students/spring2000/haines/restricted/ebola.html, accessed at 12/9/05.