Ebola Outbreak 2014

8 The Issue October 29, 2014 October 29, 2014 The Issue 9 The Hawk The Hawk Ebola & America Countries with widespread and intense transmission Senegal %3D 03/25/2014 Current Situation The CDC comfirms Mali Total cases: 10141 outbreak in Guinea, and reports of cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Liberia Sierra Leone Guinea Nigera The U.S. Mali Senegal Spain Death: 4922 2.452 On the rise 10141 07/2014 07/29/2014 Two American health workers, The first American dies from Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, infected while treating patients in Liberia. Ebola. Patrick Sawyer, a Liberi- an-American lawyer. ITotal cases worldwide 8011 |Total cases in Liberia |Total cases in Sierra Leone Total cases: 1553 Guinea Total cases in Guinea 5335 08/02/2014 08/02/2014 Nancy Writebol arrives at Emory. Deaths: 926- Dr. Kent Brantly arrives at Emory University Hospital in 3052 Atalanta for treatment. Sierra Leone 08/19/2014 08/21/2014 Nancy Writebol is discharged from Emory. Dr. Kent Brantly is discharged from Emory. Total cases: 3896 Cote August 29 September 18 October 8 October 25 d'Ivoire Liberia Deaths: 1281 How does it spread? 09/30/2014 10/08/2014 Total cases: 4665 The first diagnosed case of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first case in the U.S., dies in Ebola is spread through direct contact with blood or body fluids of an infected person, objects that have been contaminated with the virus, or infected fuit bats or primates. Ebola in the United States announced. Dallas. Deaths: 2705 10/11/2014 10/15/2014 Nina Pham, a nurse who Infected blood A second nurse, Amber Vinson is diagnosed with treated Duncan, is diag- nosed with Ebola. She is Ebloa. the first person to contract Ebola in the U.S. Infected bodily fluids (urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, and semen etc.) 10/24/2014 10/25/2014 Touches Past outbreaks Dr. Craig Spencer, who recently returned from Guinea to New York, is diagnosed with Ebola. Nina Pham declared free of Ebola virus. Past Ebola outbreaks have occurred in these countries. Sudan Objects that have been cotaminated The disparity in health systems Uganda Eyes, nose, or mouth or an open cut with the virus Physicians density (per 1000 population) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Republic of the Congo (ROC) Infected fuit bats or Gabon 0.1 primates 0.022 0.014 Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia The United States 1976 1977 1979 1990 1994 1995 1996 2000 2001 2003 2004 2007 2008 2011 2012 2014 Sudan USA, Gabon Gabon Gabon, Sudan Uganda, Uganda Uganda, Philippies, Zaire Congo Philippines DRC Uganda Congo DRC, DRC Zaíre, Sudan Uganda Ebola Outbreak 2014 DRC It has been over seven months since the CDC first decleared the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, and the virus is still spreading throughtout West Africa and other parts of the world. This is the largest outbreak of Ebola since its first outbreak in 1976. This infographic explains the progression of the current outbreak and the trasmission of the virus. "The largest outbreak in history" A chronology of previous outbreaks. Designed by Weiyi (Dawn) Cai, '15. Sources from CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and WHO (World Health Organization), statistics updated October 25. Multiple countries