Revealing the mysterious transformation ability of Ebola virus

While experts are still debating the possibility of Ebola developing into an infectious form in the air, this dangerous virus has now changed to survive. According to experts, the speed and mode of transformation of Ebola and other viruses may not be the same.

Viruses reproduce through host cells. The virus will infect or install its DNA or RNA into the host cell, helping it transmit instructions to the cell to make more viruses. These viruses will then spread throughout the organism.

Ebola virus.(Photo: locotoday)

However, it is the time when the immune system of host organisms, including humans, intervenes. When the same virus tries to stick to the host cell again, it can be prevented by the host's immune system. That forces the virus to transform in order to continue replicating its copies.

The virus can change its surface proteins to "camouflage" and "trick" host cells to allow them to stick. How long this process takes depends largely on whether the virus has genetic material called DNA (DNA virus) or RNA (RNA virus).

DNA viruses, such as smallpox virus, change slowly because they include "a form of" proof reading "of the copied genetic material". Meanwhile, ARN viruses, such as influenza viruses, HIV and Ebola, do not have steps to read this evidence.

Ebola virus infects humans by breaking into the skin or tissue of the eyes, nose or mouth. Because the Ebola virus has now changed, it can make diagnosis and treatment more difficult. However, most experts believe that it is unlikely that this dangerous virus will change enough to become a form that can spread in the air.

However, Dr. Scott Gottlieb emphasized in Forbes, the changes have increased urgency to extinguish Ebola as soon as possible.