SCIENCE
VIRUS AND BACTERIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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viruses
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bacteria
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both
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scientists do not know where Ebola virus comes from. Based on similar viruses, they believe EVD is animal-borne, with bats or nonhuman primates being the most likely source. Infected animals carrying the virus can transmit it to other animals, like apes, monkeys, duikers and humans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus.
Detailed explanation-3: -HIV and Ebola are both viruses. Both emerged in Africa, Adalja noted, neither has a vaccine, and both are fatal if left untreated. Both are carried by host animals and then transmitted to humans, and both may have made that transition when hunters ate bush meat.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ebola virus can spread to people when they have contact with an infected animal’s blood, body fluids, or tissues. Ebola virus then spreads from person to person through direct contact with blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from EVD.