VIdeo | Background | Current Issues | Predictions | Future Trends |
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Parts of Africa
Where does Ebola generally originate from?
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A virus that causes hemorrhagic fever that leads to internal and external bleeding
What is Ebola?
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Ebola Treatment Center (ETC)
What did the International Media Corps establish?
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Yes
Has the rate of Ebola in Congo increased in the past year?
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Randomly determined
What does "stochastic" mean?
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2014
What year did the largest Ebola outbreak occur?
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Blood contact of an infected person
How is the disease transmitted?
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1,110 people
Around how many people did the outbreak in Congo kill?
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Yes
Is there a possibility of vaccines improving in the future?
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54 cases
What was the final outbreak size?
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The Democratic Republic of Congo
What area of Africa is Ebola most endemic?
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50-90%
What is the fatality rate of Ebola?
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North Kivu and Ituri
What provinces did an outbreak occur in?
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Almost 24,000
How many citizens have been immunized in Congo?
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May
What month was the data to calculate the outbreak size taken from?
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It seems to be working
Is the experimental vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo working?
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1979
What year was Ebola discovered?
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10
How many outbreaks has Congo gone through?
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Traders and Refugees
What type of people are migrating from Congo?
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Yes
Does the mean, median, and prediction interval rise with the usage of vaccines?
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High fever, diarrhea, low blood pressure, bleeding
What are some symptoms of Ebola?
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Research monkeys
What animal was the Ebola virus also found?
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To provide treatment and vaccinations for infected people
What is the ETC (Ebola Treatment Center) doing to help?
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Eastern Congo
In what area of Congo are anti-government protests happening?
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An equation used to predict confirmed Ebola cases
What is Gott's Law?
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