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Ebola images resembles many common illnesses. A sore throat, a fever. But in the days or weeks of incubation following infection, the virus grips it victims with symptoms including bleeding eyes and vomiting. Survival without medical treatment is unlikely. Although the virus can only be contracted through bodily fluids, and not through casual contact, it is difficult to screen for. Preventing exposure to bodily fluids remains a challenge in countries where healthcare workers are few and underfunded and where families often care for and bury their own dead. With overcrowded clinics and hospitals, the sick often infect relatives at home.
There is currently no vaccine, and eight months after the deadly epidemic began, there still aren’t enough doctors, nurses, and epidemiologists to keep it from spiraling out of control. The WHO says more than 20,000 people could be infected before the outbreak can be contained. Governments have imposed travel bans in some regions, effectively isolating the three West African nations battling Ebola.Photographer Kieran Kesner documented the plight of some Ebola images victims in Liberia while on assignment for The Wall Street Journal. Navigating high-risk zones required personal protective equipment and sealing camera equipment in plastic. Mr. Kesner snapped photos from behind a protective mask and eye gear. And he was obliged to conduct regularbody temperature checks and hand-washing in a chlorine solution.
“I can easily recognize an individual with a handgun is a determined threat,” Mr. Kesner said. “However, working against an invisible virus yields an entirely new set of challenges.”
Mr. Kesner said that the physical obstacles and personal risks weren’t the most trying part of his experience.
“I find the most overwhelming aspect of this work is to witness the destruction this virus creates. Seeing entire families and communities devastated by Ebola has been the most difficult part of this assignment. I hope that my images will be a testament to the severity of this epidemic, and serve as a call to action for those capable of intervention. Its ebola images
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A team prepares a body for removal from the district of West Point in the Liberian capital of Monrovia on Aug. 28.
Kieran Kesner for The Wall Street Journal
- Suspected Ebola patients wait in isolation for test results in Monrovia on Sept. 2.
- Kieran Kesner for The Wall Street Journal
- Members of a body-removal team spray each other with chlorine disinfectant after removing a body from its home in Unification Town, Liberia, on Aug. 31.Kieran Kesner for The Wall Street Journal
Gravediggers bury an Ebola victim in Unification Town on Aug. 31.
Kieran Kesner for The Wall Street Journal
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