Ebola: The Plague Fighters

In April 1995, an Ebola outbreak occurred in _, Zaire

Kikwit

The determination that the disease was Ebola was based on blood and tissue samples of victims that were sent to ___, in the United States.

Scientist at the centers for disease control in Atlanta Georgia

When scientists that traveled to Zaire to study the Ebola outbreak, they greeted each other with the "Kikwit handshake", elbow to elbow in order to:

Minimize contact

Another outbreak of Ebola occurred earlier in Zaire, in 1976, in Yambuku, north of Kilkwit killing out of 10 victims.

9/10

Once a victim has Ebola, death normally comes within ___days.

10

Each day as they leave, the medical staff is sprayed with stinging __and their protective clothing is ___to ensure that it is not reused.

Bleach; burned

When Nicole, one of the nurses that was helping in the treatment of Ebola patients contracted Ebola, physicians devised an experimental plan to save her life by injecting her with ____ from Ebola survivors.

Blood

Why was there objections to the experimental procedure, by some doctors, concerning the plan to save Nicole from dying of Ebola?

Infectious risk: hiv, hepatitis b and c, Ebola virus may still be in blood