The Ebola Virus
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INTRODUCTION
The most deadly killers on this earth are too small to see with the
naked eye. These microscopic predators are viruses. In my report, I will
answer many basic questions concerning one of the fastest killing viruses, the
Ebola virus. Questions such as "How does it infect its victims? ....
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filaments and are threadlike in shape. It usually is found in the form of a "U-
shape". There are many 7nm spikes which are 10nm apart from each other visible
on the surface of the virus. The average length and diameter of the virus is
920nm and 80nm. The virons are highly variable in length (polymorphic), some
attaining lengths as long as 14000nm. The Ebola virus consists of a helical
nucleocapsid, which is a protein coat and the nucleic acid it encloses, and a
host cell membrane, wh ....
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