Ebola Flashcards

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Retrovirus: CD4 blocker

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Foreign strand won’t be able to get into the cell and cause damage.

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Retrovirus: Reverse Transcription Inhibitor

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Block the enzyme and prevent it from becoming DNA and making viral proteins

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3
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Ebola is NOT a

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Retrovirus

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4
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Ebola used to be named as

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ZARE

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5
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4 facts about Ebola

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  • Single strand of DNA
  • transmitted through any bodily fluid
  • smart virus
  • still contagious after death, body must be cremated
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Ebola symptoms

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  • Bleeding out a lot in different places
  • impairs the liver and kidney
  • diarrhea
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