Question

discuss on these infections diseases:
HIV
YELLOW FEVER
EBOLA.
Discuss their causative agent, organs affected, treatment, prevention.
b. Countries mostly affected, death rate and percentage.

Answer 1

HIV

Causitive Agent: Human immuno deficiency virus

Organ affected: T-Cells (CD4 population)

Treatment: No parmanent treatment available. Certain antiviral drugs may used for symptoms.

Prevention: Avoid unprotected sexual contact and unsafe blood transfusion.

Countries Affected: Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana and South Africa

Death rate: In 1988–1995, 78 percentof the deaths were caused by AIDS, which reduced to 15 percent in the period spanning 2005 and 2010.

Yellow Fever

Causitive Agent: Flavivirus Fibricus

Organ affected:  kidneys, lymph nodes, spleen, and bone marrow.

Treatment: No specific treatment for the disease exists. Efforts focus on managing symptoms and limiting complications.

Prevention: prevent mosquito bites

Countries Affected: Africa and South America

Death rate: The toxic phase is fatal in about 20% to 50% of cases, making the overall fatality rate for the disease about 3.0 to 7.5%. However, the fatality rate of those with the toxic phase of the disease may exceed 50%.

Ebola

Causitive Agent: Ebola virus

Organ affected: Liver

Treatment:Treatment is supportive hospital care.

Prevention:Avoid infected people, their body fluids, and the bodies of anyone who has died from the disease.

Countries Affected: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea

Death rate: The average fatality rate is around 50%