In the West Africa, there was a tense outbreak of the Ebola virus during summer of year 204 up until 206 specifically in the areas of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone (Hsieh, 205). The virus that was causing the outbreak belongs to the Zaire ebolavirus species. According to numerous studies, the affected countries during 204 epidemic in West Africa were ill-equipped to manage because they have lacked resources, inadequate funds and were poorly governed (Huynh, 209). There was a report at the end day of December 204 that a total of 20200 were confirmed cases of Ebola virus. According to a statistical report, there were total of 2707 infected Ebola virus cases including 708 deaths reported in Guinea, in Liberia there were 808 infected Ebola virus cases including 3423 deaths, and in Sierra Leone a total of 9446 infected Ebola virus cases including 2758 deaths were reported (Cenciarelli et al, 205).
In the first weeks of Ebola virus outbreak it started in Guinea. It was unnoticeable until the serious symptoms and febrile illness appeared and observed (Ellerbrok et al, 207). During the Ebola virus outbreak, analyses were performed on different animal species and discovered that the possible virus reservoir of Ebol
a virus was from the infected animals such as chimpanzees, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope or porcupines, and gorillas. There were several proofs that indicate Filoviruses as zoonotic, which is the virus can be transmitted from animals to human beings. This virus can be transmitted when an individual has close contact with the infected animal secretions, blood, organs or other body fluids. It can also be transmitted within person-to-person contact wherein it is contagious if there is a broken skin or wound that is directly in contact with the infected individuals body fluids such as their urine, semen, saliva, and feces. The transmission airborne spread through aerosols among human individuals has not been confirmed (Cenciarelli et al, 205). The symptoms that the victims can experience are headache, sore throat, muscle and joint pain/weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, and complications with the gastrointestinal tract. It is between 2 and 2 days incubation period and then after, the febrile illness starts to develop. Hemorrhagic indications can represent the major form of clinical manifestations of Ebola virus and this can be particularly observed in the complications of gastrointestinal tract (WHO, 204).