What is Filovirus?

Filovirus is a virus that is part of a family known as filoviridae . These viruses are thus named for their microscopic appearance: they are long and thin and resemble fibrous threads. Filoviruses cause a type of disease called hemorrhagic fever, characterized by very high fever, excessive bleeding and lack of blood coagulation. Filovirus infection is often fatal, with a mortality ranging from 50% to 90%. There is only one species in the Marburgvir family, known as Victoria Marburgvirus. There are three species called Ebolavirus Ivory Coast Ebolavirus, Reston Ebolavirus and Sudan Ebolavirus. Each kind of filovir is named for the area in which it was first discovered. Virus and seven people died. The disease was closed by the virus by contact with infected monkeys. Although there were several small Ohniky Marburgvir in several African countries, the only focus remained on a different continent than in Africa. The first reported outbreak of Ebola was inIn 1976 in Sudan and Zaira. Another focus occurred in Reston in Washington D.C. in 1989. The Philippines took place in 2009 by Ebola's outbreak; This was again the Reston variety.

Filoviruses are zoonotic viruses, which means that the natural hosts of these viruses are animals, but infections can be transmitted to people. Although some species were found to infect monkeys and pigs, the natural host of these viruses is unknown. Some types of bats have been found naturally infected with ebolavirus in the wild without displaying Disease Smesoms. On the basis of this evidence, it is currently suspicious that bats are natural hosts of filoviruses.

Filoviruses can be spread by contact with infected body fluids, including blood, saliva, vomiting and excrement. This is generally how the virus spreads from man to man during the focus. Most outbreaks start when the virus is transmitted frome animal on humans; However, it is not known how this transmission happens.

The initial symptoms of Filovir infection include severe headaches, sore muscles, fatigue, sore throat, dizziness, nausea and joint or muscle pain. These symptoms occur between two days and three weeks after the first contact with the virus. As the infection proceeds, more serious symptoms such as blood in vomiting and stools, rash and bleeding in the skin and internal bleeding begin to develop. Treatment of haemorrhagic fever is more supportive than therapeutic because there is no reliable drug for infection. Instead, AIMS treatment to reduce the impact of infection by replacing lost blood and fluids by means of drugs to promote blood clotting and preventing complications.