A filovirus is a family of viruses which all share similar characteristics. Some of these characteristics are the string, or thread-shaped structure for which the word filo represents. The actual structure is string- shaped with a loop or hook at on end. The background image of this homepage is an example of a filovirus. There are 2 known viruses in the filovirus family,Marburg and Ebola. There are 4 known strains of Ebola, Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Tai, Ebola Reston. The differences in these strains are their gene sequencing that create different properties. However, all filoviruses are very similar in that they all cause hemorrhagic fever and all have very high mortality rates. The following are symptoms of the hemorrhagic fever associated with these filoviruses: Stage 1: Incubation Period 1. 4-16 days, usually 7-9 days, after exposure, headache and muscle aches begin and continues throughout illness. Stage 2: Amplification 1. Fever spikes 2. Mood Swings - virus infecting the brain 3. Red Eyes - rupturing of vessel in eyes 4. Droopy, Emotionless facial Expressions - due to virus eating away at the connective tissue of the face. 5. Red Spider bruises appear on the skin - due epidermal hemorrhages of the skin. Stage 3: Extreme Amplification 1. Red spider bruises begin to turn into dark purple masses, the whole body begins to bruise. 2. Brain Damage begins to set in, host is no longer aware of surroundings. 3. Platelets begin clotting in internal organs such as the liver, kidneys, stomach muscle, etc... - causing massive full body strokes. 4. Internal Hemorrhaging 5. Black Vomit - host regurgitates blackish red fluid consisting or arterial blood, mucous, and black specks which is the virus bricks - Black vomit is extremely hot and one drop can contain up to 1 million virus particles. 6. Hemorrhaging in the nose cause nose bleeds that will not clot due to the clotting of the internal organs. All injection sites also bleed without clotting. Stage 4: Crashing and Bleeding Out 1. Disorientation - room begins spinning, and the host becomes limp. 2. Continued Black Vomiting which now includes the lining of the stomach. 3. Unconsciousness due to severe blood loss. 4. All vowels and control mechanisms release causing infectious speckled blood to flow from every orifice, including eyes, nose, mouth, nipples, anal, and genital orifices. 5. Complete shock and multiple systems failure. 6. Death (any survivors of a filovirus usually fight of the infection before extreme amplification can take place)
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