Behind Ebola Marburg Trailer

[SizeStudios]

I'm back again. I came back from Africa almost 1 month ago and while I was there, I contacted a strain of malaria. Yet, the symptoms were terrible, and, being a young person, my immense system hasn't been fully developed. Obviously the effects were worse I was out of school for a while. But the point is I'm alive. If I had contracted Ebola/Marburg, I would have been dead more than two weeks ago. This is proof (Personal proof) that Ebola/Marburg have a more devastating effect on the human body.

[Grawr93XD]

the camera man.. O.O

[aznerd999]

just read The Hot Zone

[fjkraljic]

@aznerd999 ...and?

[SukhdevZomer]

@fjkraljic horrifying, and a pageturner. you'll race through the book because its utterly fascinating, yet very alarming at the same time.

[TLCTanks]

@aznerd999 reading it right now :D.

[yesilful]

What happened to documentary ?

[fjkraljic]

@yesilful ... There has not been an outbreak since 2007, however in the meantime, the plan is to join an expedition to the DRC later this year in search for the Ebola virus in bats. Updates will be posted.

[mustwinder]

Rabies is far worse than Ebola or Marburg, kills over 50,000 people a year with virtually no hope of survival, the mortaility rate is not 50-90 pecent, it's 99.999 percent.

[fjkraljic]

@mustwinder ... Agreed. And there are many other diseases like malaria, which are killing thousands upon thousands of people every year. Only difference is, these diseases are treatable and in many ways preventable.

[mustwinder]

@fjkraljic Yes, Rabies is preventable in an ideal world but it doesn't always work out that way in developing countries. I currently write to a women in the PI who lost her son to Rabies, just a scratch from a neighbors dog. Here in America, reading the case studies about human Rabies is frightening at best, more than 60 percent don't even recalled having contact with a bat, much less being bitten by one. There is a vaccine, but you must know you've been exposed first.

[SizeStudios]

@fjkraljic I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Ebola is the most dangerous virus known to science. The reason Rabies, malaria and many other diseases like them are killing so many is because they don't kill as efficiently as Ebola or Marburg. With Ebola, it kills so quickly (Average at 9 days) and violently, it "burns itself out" and then will stop it's assault and retreat into the unknown. With those other diseases, they will slowly burn out. It's Ebola's lethality which is it's only drawback.

[thatsexyerikkid]

@fjkraljic There is no cure for Marburg or Ebola. There are cures for Malaria and Rabies, this is why the aformentioned are far more deadly. The reason so many more people die from the latter mentioned, is because of poor treatment in the areas and transmission methods. Marburg and Ebola kill so quickly that usually the victim dies before they can spread it, and it's not airborne like malaria is (through mosquitos) If ebola ever evolved to be airborne, the human race would be nearly wiped out.

[mustwinder]

@fjkraljic Ebola and Marburg are definitely the 2nd and 3rd worst infections to get, no question. Malaria is bad too, and it's not usually preventable in areas where it commonly occurs, affecting the very poor, many of the victims are children. Malaria kills a couple million a year and AIDS is still killing millions as well.  If Ebola and Marburg start to become more widespread, then we'll have a serious problem! Another *gift* from bats.

[SnotRockets55]

@mustwinder Not comparable. If medical attention is sought in time and people get the injections, their chances of dying from Rabies goes down significantly. But with Ebola, there is almost nothing that can be done for you if you contract it, PERIOD. Which makes it way more dangerous than Rabies.

[mustwinder]

@SnotRockets55 In many places, vaccines are not available and like I said, it kills 55,000+ people a year. A much higher case to fatality rate, only 7 people are known to have survived without the vacccine. This makes it a much more dangerous virus. Marburg and Ebola are extremely rare, I would imagine the average amount of cases per year does not exceed 40 (if you average 1967-present) If the vaccine were easy to get and people were more educated, we wouldn't be seeing so many deaths.

[Magicquickfingers]

@mustwinder to my understanding you can survive rabies by a series of shots to the stomach if you get the shots within several days?

[mustwinder]

@Magicquickfingers Yeah, there is a vaccine but in many places, it's too expensive or not available at all. Once symptoms appear (10 days to 7 years after a bite or scratch) it kills very quickly with symptoms that are much worse than Ebola. Here in America, there are only 2 cases per year but unfortunately, they typically come from bat bites which can be almost impossible to detect due to the bat's tiny teeth. No shots in the gut anymore, they are pretty painless.

[yesilful]

Hi, what is the name of background music also did the team succeed in isolating virus?

[fjkraljic]

@yesilful ...the song is "Voice of the Forgotten". The team did isolate Marburg, however Ebola still has not been isolated in bats.

[mustwinder]

@fjkraljic Nice, bats are nasty animals, they carry Rabies too. So they carry the 3 most deadly viruses on Earth.

[footpalm]

After reading the Hot Zone, I need to see this documentary!!!!!!! Sooo interesting.

[Lelly26]

When will the documentary be released?

[fjkraljic]

There is no release date as of yet. Principal photography is slated to begin this September, but the biggest factor delaying completion is the waiting game for something to happen--outbreak or research breakthrough.

[HitlersNipple]

It looks very good, I look forward to seeing it.

[redeyedol]

I WANT THIS DOCUMENTARY ALREADY!!! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!

Sorry, I'm just DYING to see it (no pun intended).

[fjkraljic]

Wish we could speed the process for you. Thanks for keeping up with it's progress. Updates on the project will be online soon.

[redeyedol]

What will the name of this documentary be? Who is it by? I've been studying and researching (amateur/hobby) filoviruses since I was 8 (almost 14 years now), and I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing this.

[fjkraljic]

The title is "Behind Ebola/Marburg" and is through Deep Sky Productions. I anticipate the doccie being completed in a few years as we're waiting for certain events to unfold. Thanks for the support!

[barnestaylor]

I love this. I truly hope you get funding and whatnot to allow you to make this film.

[fjkraljic]

Isolate, in this case, to find an intact virus within a species not susceptible to disease infection. IN this case, bats are the forefront host carriers. Marburg is confirmed, and Ebola is next for isolation.

[ScientiaVeritasEtLux]

i'm pretty sure the film has already been filmed. This was just a teaser for the finished film.

[fjkraljic]

Actually, no. The production is on hold until the next outbreak and ecology study to isolate Ebola.

[hiddenverses]

Is this out yet?

[fjkraljic]

Not for a while, yet. Production is on hold for another outbreak and an ecostudy to isolate Ebola.

[Shenten]

Isolate? Are you referring to isolating the reservoir species or the location? What other data are you trying to gather? Is there a certain strain that you are focusing on? Sorry for the barrage of questions...Ebola has terrorized fascinated me for years. I'm thinking about using it as subject matter for my college thesis... but at this moment, all I have is curiosity, and the base facts released for the general public. I eat up as much information as I can!

[fjkraljic]

Isolating Ebola in a host species, which are suspected to be bats. We're not targeting any particular one strain over another.  Ultimately, this will enable researchers to better model transmission methods.

[MasterIce1]

Thanks for uploading!But I don't think "teaser" is really appropriate for Ebola.

[chrisflvs442]

"teaser" is not related to ebola, but the documentary itself