Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, Rome 00149, Italy
Perspective
Plant Based Vaccine and Drug Remedies for Ebola Virus
Author(s): Garyalex Pacheco*
Filo viruses (Ebola and Marburg viruses) are responsible for severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and
nonhuman primates, with a 90% fatality rate. There are currently six species in the genus ebolavirus : Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV), Sudan ebolavirus, Reston Ebola virus, Ta Forest ebolavirus, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, and Bombali ebolavirus.
The virus damages the immune system and organs as it spreads through the body, causing the other symptoms of
hemorrhagic fever-fever, headache, muscle pain, weakness, vomiting, and diarrhea. It eventually causes a decrease in the
number of blood-clotting cells. As the disease progresses, it causes internal bleeding as well as bleeding from the eyes, ears,
and nose. Some people vomit or cough up blood, experience bloody diarrhea, and develop a rash. This causes severe and
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