Study Reveals Ebola Virus Can Hide in Brain, Persist Even Years After Treatment (IMAGE)

US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Study Reveals Ebola Virus Can Hide in Brain, Persist Even Years After Treatment

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Ebola virus (red) specifically persists in the macrophages (green) that infiltrate the brain ventricular system of a rhesus monkey that survived Ebola virus exposure after treatment with monoclonal antibodies. (Nuclei counterstained in blue.)

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Image by Dr. Xiankun (Kevin) Zeng, USAMRIID

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