Ebola virus

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ebola-virus

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Ebolavirus
2. What is the family?Filoviridae
3. Where does Ebola come from?Fruit bats carry the virus without getting sick. It can jump to animals like monkeys or pigs and then to humans.
4. How can a person get Ebola?By touching the blood or secretions of an infected person or animal, or by handling clothes or bedding that has those fluids.

Filamentous virions: Virus particles that have a long, thread-like shape.
Zoonotic transmission: The transmission of a disease from animals to humans.
Pathogenesis: The way in which a disease develops and progresses.
Surveillance systems: Methods used to monitor and detect disease outbreaks in populations.