The Ebola Virus
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A virus is an ultramicroscopic infectious organism that, having
no independent metabolic activity, can replicate only within a cell of
another host organism. A virus consists of a core of nucleic acid, either
RNA or DNA, surrounded by a coating of antigenic protein and sometimes a
lipid layer sur ....
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.... virus. The four strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire,
Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Tai. Each is named after the
geographical location in which it was discovered. These filoviruses cause
hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what kill victims of the Ebola virus.
Hemorrhagic fever as defined in Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health
Dictionary as, a group of viral aerosol infections, characterized by fever,
chills, headache, malaise, and respiratory or GI symptoms, followed by
capi ....
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