Ebola Virus Disease: Mechanism of infection

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Ebolavirus infects the body primarily through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected individual. It employs multiple mechanisms to evade the immune system, making containment challenging. The virus disrupts normal immune responses, which allows it to replicate and spread within the host. Understanding the specific changes it induces at the cellular level and its effects on DNA is complex and not well-documented in accessible resources. The referenced MicrobeWiki page offers a more detailed explanation of the infection mechanism, highlighting the intricacies of how Ebolavirus interacts with the immune system.
Gwenaelle
I have looked in a lot of different websites for a explanation of the mechanism of the ebolavirus to infect our body: how it avoid our immunology system, what it exactly change from our DNA and the consequences in the body. I didn't found a clear information, can someone help me to understand ebola?
 
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Thanks! I had seen before that website but I thought it was only general information, I realize I was wrong.
 
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