PG 1-75 Flashcards
When did these events take place in this book
1967-1993
Is the book fiction or non-fiction
Non-fiction
What are the bio safety levels
Bio safety Level 0 - Biosafety level 2 - level 3 - level 4
Who’s Charles Monet?
DEAD
Naturalist, take care of the water pumping in the factory, don’t know how he got the virus, Frenchman,
Who’s Dr.Musoke?
ALIVE
The doctor at Kenyatta, took Monet into room, try’s and gets a diagnosis but he doesn’t find anything, doesn’t wear gloves bc he was in a hurry, got diseased blood on him, 9 days later gets the disease, Goes to doctor and they find the diagnosis.
David Silverstein
Lives in Nairobi, personal physician to Daniel arap moi
Treated dr musoke
What are the symptoms of the disease?
-headache
-pain behind eyeballs
-vomit, nausea, fever
-eyes frozen, looked like zombie
-throw up is vomit negro ( blood speckled w/ black)
- strokes
-spine goes limp
- blood coughed up
-no movement
-head turns black and purple
What happens to the organs of a diseased
-brain/organs liquify
-blood clotting
-kidneys destroyed
-veins clogged
Laryngoscope
A tube used to open a persons airways
Where’d the disease come from?
-came from a factory called The Behring Works(produced vaccines using kidney cells from AFRICAN GREEN MONKEYS)
- Imported monkeys from Uganda
-Came from Germany
-Monkey is NOT the host
-infected monkeys were shipped to Europe
How much is known?
-very little
-31 people have caught the virus
-1/4 chance of death
-ring shaped virus
What does it attack?
-central nervous system
-like nuclear radiation
What family is it in?
FiloVirus family
-means threat virus
-Ebola Zaire- the worst, 90% kill rate
-Ebola Sudan
-Musoke Strain of Marburg
-quarantined the hospital
-looking for Marburg not Ebola
-micro breaks- isolated break that can grow
