Spreading ebola virus from primary sources through the bush meat and its impact in west Africa

Kremláčková, Romana

This presented bachelor thesis is focused on the spreading of the Ebola virus (EBOV) from the primary sources through the bush meat and its impact on the society. This impact can have this disease, mainly if the Ebola virus disease (EVD) can extend to other areas. In the thesis an analysis of socio-economic environment is included, the latest biggest outbreak of the disease between the years 2013 and 2016, monitoring the period of the outbreak by World Health Organization (WHO) and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The questionnaire survey on the African cultural eating and hygiene habits that could be related to bush meat and EVD spreading, was also carried out. Questionnaire was used as an additional material. In general was found out that most of the respondents have a good hygiene habits and buy meat mainly from informal sector. The main goal of the thesis is to find out the initial appearance of the EBOV and its spreading through the different possible ways. Gained knowledge could be used by WHO and other organizations for evaluation of the next outbreaks.

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