The Hot Zone

Ryan Rodney

Jan Decker

March 24, 2005

The Hot Zone

Synopsis:

Discussion: The Ebola Virus is an extremely deadly virus that can kill its hosts with in a few weeks. The infected starts by having dizziness and headaches, then proceeds to give fatigue, sweating, and red eyes caused by bleeding of the veins. Internally all of the organs begin to swell and bleed profusely. There is extreme clotting in the heart, liver, and kidneys. Internal bleeding takes over and eventually shuts down the entire bodily systems that are essential to life. Bleeding also occurs through the eyes, mouth, anus, penis, and vagina (any natural openings). Another problem with the Ebola virus is that most doctors will try giving antibiotics to the patients to fight presumed Malaria, but any punctures of the skin result in bleeding that cannot be stopped because the clotting properties of the blood are useless at this time. Even if the host is able to survive the attack from Ebola,