The Hidden Killers: Deadly Viruses Jenner and Pasteur Virus Basics Military Uses Marburg/Ebola Outbreak	Marburg/Ebola http://library.advanced.org/23054/ The Marburg virus and the Ebola virus are rather nasty viruses. One might kill an infected person and one will kill. There is no known cure for either. The information is interesting and brief. Students will read and then compare and contrast the two viruses. Printing out the directions will be helpful. This is a GED activity.
Click on the link at the top of the page. As always, when going to a ThinkQuest site, a disclaimer box appears. Click on the tiny, gray,square, close box in the top left corner of the disclaimer box. That will remove the disclaimer box from the screen. Click on the small yellow word, ENTER, at the bottom of the screen. Click on Virus Profiles. Look in the Table of Contents box to the right. Click on Marburg/Ebola. Read about the two viruses. When done, click on the small yellow letters, "next page". Read Causes/Source. Read Effect/Symptoms. Read Possible Solutions/Treatments/Prevention. Make a list for the Marburg virus. Make a separate list for the Ebola virus. Answer the following questions for each virus. What is the fatality rate of each virus? In what country did each virus originally appear? After what was each virus named? To what kind of exposure was each virus linked? How many people were infected with each virus? How many died? What is the shape of each virus? How are these viruses transmitted? What are the symptoms for each virus? What is the cure for each virus? What is the treatment for each virus? Write a short essay comparing and contrasting the Marburg virus and the Ebola virus. Introduce both viruses. Use the lists you made from the questions. The reader needs to know which virus is which. Label them, by name, most of the time to be clear. Do not be concerned with the number of words this time. Just write how the Marburg and Ebola viruses are the same and how they are different. The information is already in the lists. Just write the information in sentences and paragraphs. You will do a great job! Now everyone is prepared for pulling everything together. Watch Outbreak. ANSWERS: M-25%; E-90% M-Germany; E-Africa M-a city; E-a river M-exposure from African green monkeys from Uganda; E-none given M-33; E-358 in Zaire & 284 in Sudan M-7; E-325 in Zaire & 151 in Sudan M-rod shaped; E-shaped like a question mark Unknown; can pass through contact with the blood from an infected person. Both-great blood poisoning, severe diarrhea, bloody vomiting, bleeding from every body opening, and skin can come off. There is no cure for either. Rest to see if the body can fight the virus. Click here for equivalent page for students.
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