Liberia:? ? ?Population? size:?? 4,092,310? (July? 2014? est. )? ? Population? growth? rate:? 2. 52%? (2014? est. )? ? Birth? Rate:? 35. 07? births/1,000? population? (2014? est. )? ? Death? Rate:? 9. 9? deaths/1,000? population? (2014? est. )? ? Migration? Rate:? 0? migrant(s)/1,000? population? (2014? est. )? ? Climate:? tropical?? hot,? humid?? dry? winters? with? hot? days? and? cool? to? cold? nights?? wet,? cloudy? summers? with? frequent? heavy? showers? ?
Natural? resources:? iron? ore,? timber,? diamonds,? gold,? hydropower? ? Terrain:? mostly? flat? to? rolling? coastal?plains? rising? to? rolling? plateau? and? low? mountains? in? northeast? ? ? Economic? Structure:? ? ? GDP:? $2. 898? billion? (2013? est. )? ? GDP? Growth? Rate:? 8. 1%? (2013? est. )? ? GDP? Per? Capita:? $700? (2013? est. )? ? Unemployment? Rate:? 85%? (2003? est. )? ? Labor? Force? by? Occupation:? agriculture:? 70%? ,? industry:? 8%,? services:? 22%? (2000? est. )? ? HealthCare? Expenditures:? 19. 5%? of? GDP? (2011)? ? Education? Expenditures:? 2. 8%? of? GDP? (2012)? ? Population?
Below? Poverty? Line:? 80%? (2000? est. )? ? Industries? &? Exports:? mining? (iron? ore),? rubber?processing,? palm? oil? processing,? timber,? diamonds? ? Budget:? revenues:? $465? million,? expenditures:? $521. 7? million? (2013? est. )? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Social? Structure:? ? ? Nationality:? Liberian(s)? ? Ethnic? Groups:? There? are? officially? 16? ethnic? groups? that? make? up? Liberia’s? population.? About? 95%? of? Liberia’s? population? is? made? up? of? Africans.?? ? Languages? Spoken:? English? is? the? official? language,? however? 30? other? languages? are? present? in? this? country? (3? are? institutional,? 17? are? developing,? and? 11? are? vigorous)? ?
Religion:?86%? of? this? country? is? made? up? of? Christianity.? The? other? 14%? is? made? up? of? Muslims.? ? Life? Expectancy:? 60. 21? years? ? Hospital? Bed? Density:? 0. 8? beds/1,000? population? (2010)? ? Physician? Density:? 0. 01? physicians/1,000? population? (2008)? ? Sanitation? Facility? Access:? improved:? urban:? 28. 4%? of? population,? rural:? 5. 9%? of? population,? total:? 16. 8%? of? population? ? Major? Infectious? Diseases:? degree? of? risk:? very? high,? food? or? waterborne? diseases:? bacterial? and? protozoal? diarrhea,? hepatitis?
A,? and? typhoid? fever,? vectorborne?diseases:? malaria,? dengue? fever,? and? yellow? fever,? water? contact? disease:? schistosomiasis,? aerosolized? dust? or? soil? contact? disease:? Lassa? fever,? animal? contact? disease:? rabies? (2013)? ? Government? Makeup:? republic:? A? form? of? government? in? which? power? is? explicitly? vested? in? the? people,? who? in? turn? exercise? their? power? through? elected? representatives.? Role? of? an? Epidemiologist:?? ? Scientist? that? studies? the? patterns,? causes,? and? effects? of? health? and? diseases? conditions? in? defined? populations.?
It? is? the? cornerstone?of? public? health,? and? informs? public? decisions? and? evidence? based? practice? by? identifying? risk? for? disease? and? targets? for? preventive? health? care.? ? ? ? ? ? Gnim? Bazim ???????? Period? 2? Research? Project??? Worksheet? II? ? Internet? Sources:? http://viralzone. expasy. org/all_by_species/23. html? http://www. mayoclinic. org/diseases? conditions/ebola? virus/basics/symptoms/con? 20031 241? http://www. who. int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/? Description? of? Virus(Filovirus):?? ? ?
Structurally,? filovirus? virions? may? appear? in? several? shapes,? a?biological? features? called? pleomorphism.? These? shapes? include? long,? branched? filaments,? as? well? as? shorter? filaments? shaped? like? a? “6”,? a? “U”,? or? a? circle.? Viral? filaments? may? measure? up? to? 14,000? nanometers? in? length,? have? a? uniform? diameter? of? 80? nanometers,? and? are? enveloped? in? a? lipid? membrane.?? ? Description? of? how? the? bacteria? or? virus? affects? the? human? body:? ? ? The? Ebola? virus? belongs? to? the? viral? family? Filoviridae.? Scientists? also? call? it?
Filovirus.? These? virus? types? cause? hemorrhagic? fever? or? profuse?bleeding? inside? and? outside? the? body? accompanied? by? a? very? high? fever.? ? ? Symptoms:? ? Fever? ? Severe? headache? ? Muscle? pain? ? Weakness? ? Fatigue? ? Diarrhea? ? Vomiting? ? Abdominal? (stomach)? pain? ? Unexplained? hemorrhage? (bleeding? or? bruising)? ? ? ? ? ? ? Describe? the? Spread? of? the? disease? (Liberia)? ? There? is? no? evidence? indicating? that? Ebola? virus? is? spread? by? coughing? or? sneezing.? Ebola? virus? is? transmitted? through? direct? contact? with? the? blood? or? body? fluids? of? a? person? who? is? sick? with? Ebola?? the? virus? is? not?transmitted? through? the? air? (like? measles? virus).? ? Total? Cases? (Suspected/Probable/Confirmed)?? 8931?
Laboratory? Confirmed? Cases? 3147? Total? Deaths? 3858? (January? 2,? 2015)? ? Explanation? of? why? population? is? getting? sick? (Liberia)? ? Sanitation? is? a? significant? cause? of? the? Liberian? population? being? infected? with? Ebola.? It? is? a? well? known? struggle? in? many? cities? of? Liberia? as? many? rivers? are? used? as? public? toilets? and? the? water? from? these? particular? rivers? is? considered? drinking? water? for? the? inhabitants? of? Liberia.??