EBOLA EXPLAINED
Ebola is a virus.
A virus is a very small thing.
A bit of RNA or DNA and a few proteins and a hull.
It has no ability to do anything by itself whatsoever , and cal only survive and proliferate by infecting cells.
To avoid this , we have the immune system.
The immune system is super complex so we develop a visual system that makes it easy to understand.
Let's concentrate on the part that is critical to understanding Ebola and ignore the rest.
So usually dendritic cells will activate the army of anti virus , support cells and anti-body factories that work together with the guard cells wipe out the infection in a matter of days.
But when Ebola strikes , it directly attacks the immune system.
Some of the first cells it takes over are dendritic cells , the brains of the immune system.
The Ebola virus enters a dendritic cell by binding intro receptors for cell transport.
Once it's inside , it dissolves its outer hull and releases its genetic material , nucleoproteins and enzymes.
It takes over the cell , disables the cells protective mechanisms and reprograms it.
The cell now becomes a virus production machine and uses its resources to build Ebola viruses.
Once the cell is saturated , it dissolves the cell membrane and millions of viruses are released into the tissue.
The virus not only prevents the dendtritic cells from activating the specialized and anti-virus forces , it manipulates them into sending signal proteins that tricks specialized cells into ending their own life's prematurely.
So the immune system is seriously disrupted and unable to react.
When the virus rapidly multiplies , we're talking billions , there are cells the should deal with infected cells , the natural killer cells , but they also get infected and just die before they can prevent the disease from spreading.
PLAY THESE EDUCATIONAL GAMES ABOUT VIRUS SPREADING AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD!
Plague Ink
Destroying The World
strategy video game, developed by one-man
developer Ndemic Creations. The player creates
and evolves a pathogen in an effort to destroy the
world with a deadly plague.
Download Latest Version In :
www.ndemiccreations.com/en/22-plague-inc
The Collapse
Saving The World
an interesting virus/epidemicsimulation called The Collapse, produced as a prequel to the upcoming Ubisoft game called The Division
Play the game at :
http://collapse-thedivisiongame.ubi.com/en/
EBOLA EXPLAINED
Ebola is a virus.
A virus is a very small thing.
A bit of RNA or DNA and a few proteins and a hull.
It has no ability to do anything by itself whatsoever , and cal only survive and proliferate by infecting cells.
To avoid this , we have the immune system.
The immune system is super complex so we develop a visual system that makes it easy to understand.
Let's concentrate on the part that is critical to understanding Ebola and ignore the rest.
So usually dendritic cells will activate the army of anti virus , support cells and anti-body factories that work together with the guard cells wipe out the infection in a matter of days.
But when Ebola strikes , it directly attacks the immune system.
Some of the first cells it takes over are dendritic cells , the brains of the immune system.
The Ebola virus enters a dendritic cell by binding intro receptors for cell transport.
Once it's inside , it dissolves its outer hull and releases its genetic material , nucleoproteins and enzymes.
It takes over the cell , disables the cells protective mechanisms and reprograms it.
The cell now becomes a virus production machine and uses its resources to build Ebola viruses.
Once the cell is saturated , it dissolves the cell membrane and millions of viruses are released into the tissue.
The virus not only prevents the dendtritic cells from activating the specialized and anti-virus forces , it manipulates them into sending signal proteins that tricks specialized cells into ending their own life's prematurely.
So the immune system is seriously disrupted and unable to react.
When the virus rapidly multiplies , we're talking billions , there are cells the should deal with infected cells , the natural killer cells , but they also get infected and just die before they can prevent the disease from spreading.
PLAY THESE EDUCATIONAL GAMES ABOUT VIRUS SPREADING AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD!
Plague Ink
Destroying The World
strategy video game, developed by one-man
developer Ndemic Creations. The player creates
and evolves a pathogen in an effort to destroy the
world with a deadly plague.
Download Latest Version In :
www.ndemiccreations.com/en/22-plague-inc
The Collapse
Saving The World
an interesting virus/epidemicsimulation called The Collapse, produced as a prequel to the upcoming Ubisoft game called The Division
Play the game at :
http://collapse-thedivisiongame.ubi.com/en/
