Ebola-New Vampire of Modern Era

Authors

  • Irfan Mirza

Abstract

Gone are the days when we used to watch horror movies of Vampire Count Dracula who used to suck and bleed individuals to death. We now have a disease which is bleeding the mankind and is much more terrifying, frightening and horrifying than any of the horror movies. During last few months this disease has literally made hostage to whole of the medical community across the world. It is proving to be one of the most fatal diseases in the history of mankind. It is a tragedy, the rate at which Ebola Virus is spreading in West Africa. The exponential rate at which this disease has been spreading in the last couple of months has jolted even the superpowers of the world. God has been very kind that we in Pakistan are not exposed to this deadly disease but we need to know and beef up our preventive and preparedness level, should we encounter any such case in future

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Published

2014-12-10

How to Cite

Mirza, I. . (2014). Ebola-New Vampire of Modern Era. Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, 4(2), 40–42. Retrieved from https://jbumdc.bahria.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/article/view/80

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2014): Voulme 4 Issue 2

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Editorial

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