The Ebola virus hijacks human cells to inject its genome and turn the cells into virus factories. Recent advances in molecular biology suggest that gene-silencing drugs could block this process.
In light of the UK’s Department for Health carrying out tests for the Ebola virus on the elderly female passenger who died after landing at Gatwick Airport from the Gambia on Sunday, this infographic explaining how the Ebola virus propagates itself in the human body.
Thousands of people have already died of Ebola in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) this year in the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.
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