Thursday, June 4, 2015

Part 3: Chapter 20-29 Question 27

What did the infected lung look like? What are the implications for infection of a virus that
moves from the lung to the testicles?

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  1. After Nancy Jaax showed the monkey tissue and body affected by the Ebola, the descriptions of them were as expected. The Ebola destroys most of the tissue in the body and attacks the organs. Nancy Jaax explains, after now showing the monkey's lungs, that "the virus bubbles up in the lung" identifying that it is "Ebola Zaire" (Preston 363). The lungs were filled with Ebola crystalloids. Since the Ebola crystalloids were also in the testicles, it is safe to assume that this infection spreads rapidly, and is spread through the air or sex. The Ebola then adapts to the lung making it highly sophisticated. They also described how the cells in the infected lung became bigger and the dark specks on the lung became angular and shadowy with blog that were bursting out almost as if they were hatching (Preston 364). After the crystalloids were popping out of the lungs, she explained that she thought and felt that she was " a civilian who had seen something that maybe civilians should not see" (Preston 364). Not only were the lungs affected but other parts and organisms were affected a smilier way that the lung was. Now that they know the effects of Ebola on an individual's lungs, in this case a monkey's lungs, they see how extreme the Ebola is and how it is easily transmitted.

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