The Ebola Virus Explained — How Your Body Fights For Survival
What does the Ebola virus actually do in your body? Why is it so dangerous and why does it kill so many people? We take a look at the apocalyptic war that rages in the body after an infection...
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What makes Ebola so dangerous?How can a virus overwhelm the very complexdefense system of the body so quicklyand so effectively?Let's take a look at what Ebola does.(Theme music)Ebola is a virus.A virus is a very small thing.A bit of RNA or DNAand a few proteinsand a hull.It has no ability to do anythingby itself whatsoever,and can only survive and proliferate by infecting cells.To avoid this we have the immune system.The immune system is super complexso we develop a visual systemthat makes it easy to understand.So it looks like this:Let's concentrate on the part that is critical to understanding Ebolaand ignore the rest.So usually dendritic cells will activate the armyof anti-virus cells, support cellsand anti-body factoriesthat work together with the...
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What makes Ebola so dangerous?How can a virus overwhelm the very complexdefense system of the body so quicklyand so effectively?Let's take a look at what Ebola does.(Theme music)Ebola is a virus.A virus is a very small thing.A bit of RNA or DNAand a few proteinsand a hull.It has no ability to do anythingby itself whatsoever,and can only survive and proliferate by infecting cells.To avoid this we have the immune system.The immune system is super complexso we develop a visual systemthat makes it easy to understand.So it looks like this:Let's concentrate on the part that is critical to understanding Ebolaand ignore the rest.So usually dendritic cells will activate the armyof anti-virus cells, support cellsand anti-body factoriesthat work together with the...
