Question

ebola causing microbe, infection, spread

Answer 1

The Ebola is virus disease which is reported from African countries. The Virus was discovered near the Ebola river of Congo country of Africa in 1976, so the name given this virus Ebola.

The causal microbe is virus Ebola having 5 species

Zaire ebolavirus,
Sudan ebolavirus,
Tai Forest ebolavirus and
Bundibugyo ebolavirus. this four are infecting people while
Reston ebolavirus cause disease to monkeys, Gorilla, chimpanzee etc.

This disease is lethal shows following symptoms

1. Fever
2. Headache
3. Muscle ache
4. Sore throat which feel difficulty in breathing
5. Skin rashes
6. Internal bleeding
7. External bleeding through wound, or organs
8. Loss of appetite

Finally it can cause death. Almost 90 percent patients is Death

Transmission or spreading of the disease

1. Through direct physical contact
2. From infected blood contact i.e wound
3. Through contact with body fluids of patients

In short transmission of ebola virus is through blood or the body fluids direct contact Even dead bodies also spread the disease.

But its not transmit through air which is very fast mode of transmission