Infection between humans is caused by direct contact with infected semen, blood or organs. As a result, healthcare workers are at particularly high risk for the disease during an outbreak. The spread of the disease is aided by unsanitary hospital conditions prevalent in underdeveloped countries. Another means of infection is through the handling of ill or dead chimpanzees that were infected with the virus.

The incubation period for this disease is approximately a week after which the infected person suffers from ‘flu like symptoms: Severe headache, sore throat, muscle aches and weakness. Vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, inflammation of the throat and conjunctivitis follow these symptoms. Later the victim

Outbreaks of the disease are usually sporadic and are often located in remote areas of the Sub-Saharan Region of Africa. The Republic of Congo is currently battling an outbreak of the disease. The outbreak began in October. This is the second outbreak of the disease this year as there were 128 reported deaths of the disease earlier in the year.. The disease not only has effects on the human population of The Republic of Congo but as it originates in the animal population, the primate population is affected the most. The consequences of the disease are far reaching, as the Republic of Congo is still a fledgling country recovering from civil war (as Zaire) and in fighting in the government.

As Ebola is a zoonosis it usually originates in the animal population. This is of significant import to the already dwindling population of Apes in the forests and reserves in the surrounding area. Particularly the Minkebe forest in neighboring Gabon, another West African country in which Ebola outbreaks have occurred, and the Lossi Sanctuary and the surrounding area. The ape population already ravaged by poaching and other illegal activity is now on the brink of extinction for many species. The mountain gorilla population has dropped below seven hundred and the low land population of ninety four thousand has been halved. If the current trend does not change experts think that the Orangutan population will no longer exist in ten years. The apes are very closely linked to humans and therefore can give some hint as to human evolution (if you are a supporter of the evolution theo

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