Learn the biology behind the headlines in this frequently updated book. (The last update was August 12, 2015.) This book covers the following topics: some chronology of the 2014-15 epidemic, the replication cycle of the Ebola virus, where and how drugs interrupt the replication cycle, Ebola the disease, how the human immune system works to get rid of a virus and how the Ebola virus subverts it, helping the immune system - vaccination and antibody therapy, genetics of the Ebola virus - evolution and diagnostic testing, what ...
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Learn the biology behind the headlines in this frequently updated book. (The last update was August 12, 2015.) This book covers the following topics: some chronology of the 2014-15 epidemic, the replication cycle of the Ebola virus, where and how drugs interrupt the replication cycle, Ebola the disease, how the human immune system works to get rid of a virus and how the Ebola virus subverts it, helping the immune system - vaccination and antibody therapy, genetics of the Ebola virus - evolution and diagnostic testing, what brought the epidemic under control this time... For ages 12 and up.
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