Ebola: separating fact

from fiction

Dr Siouxsie Wiles

Senior LecturerDept. Molecular Medicine & Pathology

University of Auckland

@SiouxsieWwww.sciblogs.co.nz/infectious-thoughts

What is Ebola?

https://engtechmag.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/ebola-infographic.jpg

Image: FA Murphy CDC

What are the symptoms?

Incubation period

How is Ebola spread?

http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/14/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ebola-virus/

How contagious is Ebola?

How to tell if you have Ebola

Ebola in west Africa

How did the outbreak start?

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1404505

Where has the outbreak spread to?

How many cases to date?

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html

Ebola deaths in west Africa

http://ebolacount.com/#death-count

New case in Mali

Reference: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/24-october-2014/en/

Image credit: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/africa/mali/

Gomes MFC et al (2014). PLOS Currents Outbreaks. doi: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.cd818f63d40e24aef769dda7df9e0da5.

Is it likely to spread to NZ?

http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-Health-Organization-OKs-Ebola-Drug-Trials-457419.shtml

Experimental treatments/vaccines