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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : October 27, 2014 9:04 PM IST
With the Ebola virus spreading all around the world, the need for a proper vaccine is the need of the hour. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that millions of doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine will be made available by next year- the trial for which is expected to begin in selected countries of West Africa this December.
According to the Verge, there are currently two candidate vaccines for Ebola that are ready to begin human trials, and five others are expected to get started during the first several months of next year.
However, the vaccines will have to be pronounced safe and effective before they are used for mass vaccination.
The WHO says that there are no plans to begin a mass vaccination program until at least June 2015.
The global health watchdog however warned that even a working vaccine would not be a 'magic bullet' for stopping the spread of Ebola, adding that the vaccine could be a "very important tool" should the current response not be enough, the report said.
Fever: Increase in body temperature is the first defence mechanism that the body uses to kill any foreign particle invading the body. When Ebola infects the body, it causes a release of various compounds like cytokines and histamines that pass on the signals of increasing body temperature. In fact, Ebola virus disease is also called the Ebola haemorrhagic fever, where the temperature can go above 38.6 C or 101.5 F. (Read: What is the Ebola virus disease survival rate?)
Headache: It is the most common symptom of Ebola infection after fever, present in almost 96 percent of the cases. Nausea and headache along with fever present a typical case of common cold and flu. At this stage, the symptoms can be confused with other common infections. (Read: Ebola virus causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention)
Stomach pain: A few viral particles invade the liver and starts destroying the hepatocytes. New virions start damaging the intestinal cells causing abdominal pain.
With inputs from ANI
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