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Joseph alton is the author of the survival medicine handbook 4. Ebola virus disease evd is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. People can get evd through direct contact with an infected animal bat or nonhuman primate or a sick or dead person infected with ebola virus. The survival rate among patients with confirmed ebola virus disease was higher than the 20% survival rate reported in kikwit general hospital during 1995. Symptoms of ebola virus disease evd are treated as they appear.
The viruses that cause evd are located mainly in subsaharan africa. He has been featured in the new york times, fortune magazine, the. As the ebola epidemic becomes more frighteningand hits closer to homepeople are looking for answers. Joseph alton, a doctor at the center of the ebola conversation, this handbook is packed with useful information. Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family filoviridae, genus ebolavirus. See my other books which include the ebola survival guide, shelteringinplace, the christian preppers handbook second edition, the survival triangle. Now that the ebola crisis is unfolding here in the united states, what other survival handbook could you need. Joseph alton, md is a fellow of the american college of surgeons and the american college of obgyn and the founder of the survival website. Joseph alton as the ebola epidemic becomes more frighteningand hits closer to homepeople are looking for answers.
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