The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 135 Ebola Virus

AD 1976 was the first time humans recorded this virus.

In just 50 years, more than four variants were discovered.

The problem is that every single Ebola virus is deadly.

These two viruses, Zaire and Sudan, target humans and primates.

Another virus that infects humans is curable but highly lethal to chimpanzees.

The last one is aimed at primates and is harmless to humans. It broke out in UC Washington.

Humans have not yet fully developed an effective treatment plan for severe Ebola virus.

Doctors often adopt the six-antibody balance treatment plan, but they still have to rely on personal immunity support.

Although there is a vaccine for Ebola virus, the vaccine is not [-]% immune, and may even be ineffective.

As medical students, they understand the meaning of this and the danger it represents, but they are all sworn doctors and cannot back down.

The entire medical team is also very vigilant, because everyone may be involved.Before being sent out, they all read a lot of materials and texts.

The emergence and disappearance of the Ebola virus can be described in one word: it appears mysteriously, there are no symptoms when it appears, and it is possible that we do not know how the virus appeared, and who was the first person to be infected?

Then the first victim was infected by the virus because of what channel?Bitten by a fruit bat?Or for other reasons, it is said that some patients were exposed to sick primates and eventually became infected.

This is just some speculation, there is no solid evidence. In fact, scientists still feel very ignorant, so it is difficult to detect the real virus host.

The so-called real virus host is an organism that can always coexist with the virus. Even if the Ebola virus exists in the body, it is still alive.

It can be said that they are alive and kicking, and their life and all aspects have not been affected, not those patients who died directly after getting the virus.

When the virus was first discovered, many people did not take this virus to heart. Originally, there were diseases similar to hemorrhagic fever in Africa.

No matter how powerful it is, can it reach that level?But the slap in the face came very quickly, because the virus is quite powerful.

Among the 80.00 confirmed Ebola patients, the mortality rate was as high as [-]%, and the interval between attacks and deaths was very short.

Several times in a row, the virus suddenly emerged and wreaked havoc among the crowd, causing many people to die in pain and then perish.

What is even more frightening is that the virus is highly contagious, and the high fatality rate makes people talk about Ebola.

It can be said that human beings use various means to chase and intercept an epidemic.

But that doesn't mean it's safe, and viruses come back from time to time.

It came quietly and suddenly when it left.

There is a dedicated history from 1976 onwards.

But from the record point of view, there is no rule at all.

The Ebola virus broke out in Congo (Kinshasa) in 1976 and Sudan in 1979.

After the outbreak was over, it disappeared, as if the virus would never reappear.

But 15 years later, the Ebola virus reappeared in Gabon, and there have been more and more outbreaks since then.

More variants have been discovered, and people have learned more, because the Ebola virus is too terrifying.

More scientists joined in, they began to pursue more, and there was speculation: the real host is fruit bats.

Fruit bats later infected primates and some mammals, and humans were contaminated when hunting animals, eating or trading animals, and the virus was transmitted to humans.

And this terrible virus that harvests human life mercilessly like a god of death, is named after the place where the Ebola virus first broke out—the bank of the Ebola River.

Only after being slapped in the face by the virus did humans realize that the Ebola virus is more terrifying than hemorrhagic fever, and it is also more difficult to deal with. The Ebola virus is listed as a fourth-level virus.

In the process of scientific development, people have graded the biological safety they have encountered, that is, one, two, three, four, and five.

The representative viruses of biosafety level [-] are measles and mumps, and the representative viruses of level [-] biosafety are influenza.

The famous killers in human history, such as rabies and anthrax, are biosafety level three.

Ebola virus, Marburg virus, and sara virus are listed as biosafety level four.

The virus with the highest level is level five, and most of them appear in science fiction films.

In reality, there are two kinds: wide-mouth jar virus and Pandora.

Jars virus are oversized viruses that were dug up from Antarctica.

After digging it out, it was found that something was wrong, and it was sent directly to the laboratory for isolation.

This giant virus from 30,000 years ago was so infectious that it was isolated.

After studying medicine, Ling Xiao realized that many viruses are more afraid of heat than cold, such as wide-mouth jars and Ebola.

The Ebola virus can remain active for several weeks in dead bodies and blood, but it can remain active for a long time at minus 70°.

These are all obtained through repeated experiments, because if human beings want to study viruses, they must have the original strain of the virus. Even if the researchers are taking their lives to study, they must also study the mechanism of the virus.

This is for the safety of the public. The development of modern transportation equipment will shorten the distance between people. If people who are sick want to live, they will ask for help everywhere. Naturally, they will go everywhere.

This leads to one thing: the possibility of a global pandemic virus outbreak, especially the outbreak of a level [-] virus, is too scary.

If you don't study the mechanism of the virus, you can't come up with the means to deal with the virus, and the number of people infected will skyrocket.

This kind of situation is indeed possible. If this virus continues to sweep, I am afraid that human beings will be wiped out.

So knowing that the Ebola virus is very dangerous, researchers still have to study it.

See if there is any way to put the bridle on the virus and keep more people alive.

Just like the smallpox virus, Ebola can eventually be eradicated.

It is absolutely impossible to develop a virus vaccine in one step.

It may take a lot of detours, which is normal.

After the vaccine is developed.

It also needs to be verified experimentally.

After the animal experiments are done, it is human experiments.

This has to be done step by step, because vaccines are too dangerous.

After the vaccine is injected into the human body, it cannot be taken out. If something happens, it will be a life.

In fact, it is not just a matter of one human life. Once the vaccine is confirmed to be officially used, it means thousands of lives.

The reason why the research is slow is that there is another big problem, that is, the Ebola virus has mutated, causing some things to be different.

Just like the flu vaccine that people recommend every winter, it doesn’t cover all the subspecies of flu.

That's why someone got the flu vaccine, but was still infected with the flu gorgeously and became a patient.

However, the Ebola virus has repeatedly mutated within 50 years after it was discovered. I really don't know what will happen.

The members of the medical team naturally know it well, hoping to find out and control it early.

As medical workers, they gradually adapted to the life here.

Although the patient's skin color is different, he is still a patient.

Being a doctor has always been used to a busy life.

They are like one big family.

Help each other.

During this process, Ling Xiao was fine.

It feels the same as before.

She finds herself with more packages each month.

The family will send a lot of daily necessities every month.

Although the cost of air postage is higher, grandma insisted on sending it.

Ling Xiao didn't want anything hypocritically, which comforted the two old people somewhat.

The old couple only had one granddaughter left, so they naturally wished that their granddaughter had a good life.Send whatever you can.

The members of the medical team also take good care of Ling Xiao, and generally don't let her go to urban areas alone.

They all thought it was not safe for a girl to go out.

And when they first arrived, no one knew the members of the medical team.

In case someone is mistaken for a national of another Asian country.

If a bad accident happens, the rescued person will also be injured.

Then it was a very heavy blow.

If you can't go out, don't go out.

Women on the medical team on their way out.

They usually go together, or are accompanied.

In order to reassure everyone, Ling Xiao is not very willing to go out.

The road outside is a dirt road, full of potholes, and there is nothing worth going out.

She didn't like to go shopping when she was in China, so she was even more reluctant here.

Those toothpaste and other cleaning supplies are brought back by teammates. In her spare time, she grows vegetables and looks at things on the Internet.

What makes Ling Xiao very happy is that the Internet is still available here, so he can read the latest information, learn some new knowledge, see useful things, and contact some relatives and friends.

After traveling through the world twice, Ling Xiao feels that the biggest inspiration and harvest she has gained from experiencing the world is: she must study hard.

This is for my own efforts, maybe the knowledge I have learned now is not very useful.

It's just that it can't be used now, but it's hard to guarantee that it won't be used in the future. This is her experience.

Of course, she doesn't use it all for studying, she still finds leisure things.

After arriving at the hospital, Ling Xiao found that the medical team was really busy.

In addition to being responsible for normal medical treatment.

Also responsible for training local people.

This is a traditional project of the medical team to Africa.

To this end, the entire medical team must go to battle for training.

Fortunately, the team members in front have compiled special teaching materials.

This saves a lot of effort for latecomers, and everyone explains it on this basis.

As a teacher, Ling Xiao was the latest one to leave university, and also the least qualified, responsible for the simplest part.

After taking over the task, she carefully prepared the lesson, added the latest medical achievements, and then explained it.

Every member is the same, see a doctor at work, explain after get off work.

Even as doctors, they sometimes have to work as nurses.

Fortunately, Ling Xiao's basic skills are very solid.

The performance in all aspects is still very good.

After a period of running in.

All teammates are familiar with each other.

They found their youngest teammate to be quite a geek.

Of course, her house is not the same as the kind of house that squats at home every day.

She still has to go out, and she exercises properly every day, and pays attention to growing vegetables.

But a single girl is not as lively as a young woman, and she is not very willing to get out of this circle.

Every day is two o'clock and one line. He is simply a very disciplined person, and he never thought of taking a stroll outside.

You must know that this is a big Africa, with many wild animals and many gemstones. This is the favorite of many girls.

After arriving here, I am afraid that many little girls will want to go out and have a look, sightseeing, you must know that the outside world is very romantic.

But Ling Xiao never wanted to go out at all, as if this old man lived like an old man who saw through the world.

It reassures them, but also makes them worry that she is too serious and does not have the qualities of an ordinary girl.

But it is undeniable that her sensibility saved them a lot of worry.

This is really good for the members of the entire medical team.

If there is a person who does everything in his life.

I'm afraid that all the staff will ask someone to wipe their buttocks.

It's quite a hassle.

But Ling Xiao was too cute.

He was not alone with the man who tested the gun.

In her daily life, she has been silently doing her own thing well.

When there is a chance, he will help his teammates when they need help.

In this case, the atmosphere of the medical team is very good, just like a big family.

Especially the women in the team are all mothers, and they all take special care of Ling Xiao.

In their eyes, Ling Xiao is a very good little sister, and even older ones are considered elders.

Time passed slowly like this, Ling Xiao and the others have been here for almost a year, and they are quite familiar with the local medical staff.

Of course, Ling Xiao has always been the kind of person who talks less and does more. Even after getting acquainted with her, everyone finds that she has always been a relatively cold existence in many cases.

It's just that everyone never expected that the opposite sex would fall in love with her who is relatively cold, but as a person who is dedicated to work, there is no possibility of development at all.

The colleagues in the medical team are also worried that Ling Xiao is a person who has never experienced the baptism of love. If he is not good, he will be chased away. How should he tell Xiao Xiao's family in the future?

They have always been worried about this possibility, and finally recommended a person, wanting to find out about the relationship.

The bold Sister Xie hesitated for a long time, and finally asked obliquely: "Xiao Xiao, do you have a boyfriend?"

"No." Ling Xiao said, looking at Sister Xie strangely, not understanding why he asked this?

At this moment, she was thinking in her heart: Isn't it the original owner's business to fall in love and get married?

Even if she is the real person in this body, she will not look for it in a foreign country.

This is not my own country, and I think everything is very different.

She has always been engraved with Kyushu culture in her bones.

Marriage is not just a union of two people.

There are still many problems to be solved.

And the most important thing is the three views.

Sometimes you will find the three views of each other as human beings.

There will be a difference between thousands of mountains and rivers, and it will be impossible to communicate at all.

Sister Xie looked at Ling Xiao and asked, "Then should I go back and look for it?"

While speaking, she looked at this young and beautiful girl very seriously, wanting an answer.

At this moment, she thought to herself: If Xiao Xiao had a boyfriend in China, it would reassure everyone.

Ling Xiao naturally sensed something was wrong, glanced at the nervous Sister Xie and said, "Yes! Go back and look for it."

Sister Xie, who held her breath unconsciously, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. The corners of her mouth turned up, and she suddenly laughed. This idea is good.

I heard Ling Xiao continue to say: "Sister Xie, I am an atheist, and most of the people here have religious beliefs and can cooperate with each other, but they are just colleagues or companions, at most not."

"Xiao Xiao, you are right. That's good, we are all completely relieved." Sister Xie said, she patted her chest lightly while speaking, and finally she could completely rest assured that Xiao Xiao was not that kind of little girl.

"Before I came here, I didn't go through a surprise study. The issue of religious belief has been specially emphasized. We must respect it, but I am more suitable for Chinese culture."

Speaking of this, Ling Xiao smiled, and stopped talking. She was very satisfied with her nationality and identity.

Sister Xie nodded when she knew it. After eating, she hurried to work as an obstetrician and gynecologist.

Ling Xiao packed up his things before getting ready to go to work, and happened to meet a child.

She has beautiful big eyes and curly hair.

In her arms is a bouquet of bright flowers.

"Xiao, here it is for you."

The corner of Ling Xiao's mouth twitched.

She really wanted to reject the bouquet outright.

But seeing the disappointed eyes of the children.

Even Yuanyuan's eyes have begun to glisten.

Ling Xiao finally looked at the bouquet of flowers and the card on it.

Let that little friend set aside on the road.

"Doctor Xiao, why don't you like flowers?"

asked the girl walking from behind.

She is a local nurse.

He looked at Ling Xiao with some surprise.

It was a rich local man who sent flowers to Ling Xiao.

When I met Ling Xiao when I was visiting a doctor, I immediately fell in love with her.

Knowing that she was single, he began to pursue her, but Ling Xiao simply refused.

She would only agree with the water in her head, and this is not her own body, she is not qualified to agree on behalf of the original owner.

The person in charge of the medical team came forward to invite this suitor away, but that person appeared again and again, saying that this was his freedom.

Hearing his words, Ling Xiao said coldly: "It is also my freedom to reject other people's pursuit."

That person was invited out, and when Ling Xiao saw him later, it was like looking at a stranger.

(End of this chapter)