Ebola
By: Bryce McCracken
Treatment
No treatment for virus, only symptoms.
Providing Intravenous (IV) Fluids and balancing electrolytes. Maintaining Oxygen and blood pressure. Medications to control fever, and help the blood clot, and prevent secondary infections from bacteria.
Prevention
Causes
Immune Cells Involved in Immune Response
Patients wo recovered had higher levels of activated T cells in their blood and certain variants of a gene that codes for surface proteins that white blood cells use to communicate. Also, there is a protein produced by platelets that could be part of the body's attempt to repair damaged blood vessels.
How Virus Replicates
Lytic Cycle Steps
2. Penetration: Virus gets through cell, and inserts DNA or RNA.
3. Synthesis: Cell replicates the Virus Genetic Material.
4. Assembly- Viruses are assembled in cell
5. Release- Too many Viruses, Cell is destroyed and Viruses are released.