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 * Do some outside research on any disease control methods listed in the book. What are the organizations? What control methods are used? How reliable do you think this form of disease control is? Etc.

Disease Control Organizations- Immunization against diseases of public health importance Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Control Methods- methods for protecting health care workers-** Use latex condoms, oral sex can transmit diseases "**The surest way to avoid transmission of sexually transmitted diseases is to abstain from sexual intercourse, or to be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested and you know is uninfected." -http://www.cdc.gov/condomeffectiveness/latex.htm**
 * the routine use of barriers (such as gloves and/or goggles) when anticipating contact with blood or body fluids
 * washing hands and other skin surfaces immediately after contact with blood or body fluids, and
 * the careful handling and disposing of sharp instruments during and after use.
 * Protected Sexual Practices-**

Vaccine
 * Washing hands

Effectivenesses-** **However, no protective method is 100 percent effective, and condom use cannot guarantee absolute protection against any STD.**


 * http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/hcwprev.htm

9.17.07 Austin Fabel

To help contain the ebola virus all research done on it is done in what is called biosafety level four. Each lab contains very specialized equipment that help to contain the pathogens that are being studied. It is disposed of by using gamma and ultraviolet radiation and can also be destroyed using bleach. http://virus.stanford.edu/filo/prevention.html

Once one becomes infected with the ebola virus it spreads rapidly and there is a low rate of survival. There have been attempts to give immunity to animals through vaccines however there has yet to be a successful immunization. http://lib.bioinfo.pl/meid:237010 STEPS TO CONTROLLING AND CONTAINING THE VIRUS Step 1: Use standard precautions with all patients. Step 2: Identify suspected cases of VHF. Step 3: Isolate the patient. Step 4: Wear protective clothing. Step 5: Disinfect reusable supplies and equipment. Step 6: Dispose of waste safely. Step 7: Use safe burial practices. Step 8: Mobilize community resources and conduct community education. Step 9: Make advance preparations to use VHF isolation precautions. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/vhfmanual.htm**

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9/23/07

Toby Graves

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic626.htm

Survivors can produce infectious virions for prolonged periods. Therefore, strict barrier isolation in a private room away from traffic patterns must be maintained throughout the illness. Infection control inside and outside of medical facilities relies on barrier protection using double gloves, fluid-impermeable gowns, face shields with eye protection, and coverings for legs and shoes.

Patient's urine, stool, sputum, and blood, along with any objects that have come in contact with the patient or the patient's body fluids (such as laboratory equipment), should be disinfected with a 0.5% sodium hypochlorite solution.

patients should abstain from sexual intercourse for 3 months

All body fluids (blood, saliva, urine, stool) contain infectious virions and should be handled with great care. Patients who have died of Ebola should be buried promptly and with as little contact as possible..

Individuals who were exposed to infected patients should be watched closely for signs of early Ebola disease.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4084/is_200301/ai_n9228246

Primary preventative measures related to the Ebola virus are scarce. There is currently no vaccine for the virus and few primary prevention measures have been established. Travelers should avoid areas where Ebola outbreaks are occurring. This could prevent contracting the disease and spreading it throughout other countries.

Secondary preventative measures are as follows. Early diagnosis could be helpful in order to isolate patients and notify local and state health department and the CDC. Ebola is diagnosed via the ELISA test, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and virus isolation.

Tertiary preventative measures include supportive therapy because there is no specific treatment available at this time. This may include keeping the patient comfortable and free from pain.

Nat Thomas: In the chapter, Reston, the men that controlled the colonies of monkeys being shipped from Ferlite Farms, to the Reston Primate Quarantine Unit, Bill Volt and Dan Dalgard, did not seem to have a way of controlling the spread of the Simian Hemorrhagic disease. They knew that, "This virus is deadly to monkeys, although it is harmless to people. (It can't live in humans.) SImian fever can spread rapidly through a monkey colony and will generally wipe it out." The only procedure that the men have done is keeping all monkeys from ferlite farms in their on unit, and away from the other monkeys in the Quarantine Unit.

http://www.ebmonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/181/2/219

This website explains how doctors have found that monkeys with the infection can be shot with a superinfection that contains strains of SHF virus. All 20 of the monkeys that have been tested on had become virus free within three months of the superinfection. The superinfection can have some harmful symptoms such as dehydration, anorexia, and lethargy, but no fatal infections have occured.

These couple of chapters did not mention any new way of desease control. They did mention giving the infected monkeys with a lethal does of anethstetics (basically putting the monkeys to sleep... permenantly) it also re mentioned the chemical shower and srubs.

Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is a virus control center that conducts investigations and responses to virus outbreaks.