https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn By Claire Barley en-us 2017-02-22 15:49:46 UTC 2026-02-18 16:45:45 UTC hello@padlet.com claire_barley https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155488490 2017-02-22 15:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155488490 claire_barley https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155492112 Ebola is a virus that enters the host cell using a GP protein. Once the Ebola virus integrates itself into the cell membrane of the host, the virus uses its own RNA polymerase as well as proteins from the host cell to copy its own single-stranded RNA. Ebola is like HIV in the fact that it is an RNA virus, however, it is not a retrovirus like HIV due to the fact that its RNA is not copied into DNA and inserted into the host's genome. ]]> 2017-02-22 16:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155492112 claire_barley https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155495512 Little is known about many of the host proteins that Ebola is comprised of. One of the most prominent is the GP protein that coats the surface of the virus. This protein forms trimers, which are composed of a transmembrane and an extracellular subunit. The virus is surrounded by a membrane, under which there is a matrix layer containing proteins. In the center of the virus, there is a spiral-shaped nucleocapsid that is made of NP proteins (which causes the RNA to bind). ]]> 2017-02-22 16:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155495512 claire_barley https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155577711 There is currently no drug or vaccine that can treat or prevent Ebola. With treatment (intravenous fluids, monitoring oxygen and blood pressure, and treating other infections) the survival rate is 50%.]]> 2017-02-22 19:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155577711 claire_barley https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155578747 Ebola attacks the endothelial cells, liver cells, and cells in the immune system. Ebola originated from animals and then the virus evolved to infect humans. ]]> 2017-02-22 19:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155578747 claire_barley https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155581288 Ebola was first apparent in an outbreak in 1976 in South Africa. Then, in 1989, the third strain of Ebola was discovered in a group of chimpanzees. The most current strain of the virus was discovered in 1994 when a scientist infected herself during the dissection of a chimpanzee. ]]> 2017-02-22 19:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155581288 claire_barley https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155583529 Headache, muscle pain, fever, vomiting, internal bleeding, and coughing up blood]]> 2017-02-22 19:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155583529 claire_barley https://padlet.com/claire_barley/c6k4hjr1p4vn/wish/155630353 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zemniYujuz5su4tR7IUDcLvD97VXgCWqZUMJ03Ex3t0/edit

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