Ebola is a virus that first appeared in 1976 on Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.The disease is mainly found in tropical Central and West Africa, and has a 90 percent mortality rate. The current epidemic began in Guinea when a 2-year-old boy died on 6 December last year. His mother, sister, and grandmother then became ill with similar symptoms and died.
People infected by those victims spread the disease to other villages, eventually crossing into neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leon. It is transmitted through close contact with sweat, blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected. Experts conclude that America’s hospitals have notable advantages that West Africa’s hospitals generally don’t. More resources to devote to round-the-clock care.
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