The Ebola virus uses a protein decoy to undermine and evade the
immune response of its infected host, new research shows. Ebola
virus is the causative agent of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF), a
disease with up to 90 percent mortality. While human outbreaks
of Ebola hemorrhagic fever have been confined to Africa, Ebola
virus infections in bats, the presumed natural reservoir of the
virus, have also been detected in Europe and Asia. Ebola virus
infection has also been reported in domestic pigs in Southeast
Asia. The high lethality of the disease, combined with its short
incubation period and the lack of vaccines or effective
treatments, makes Ebola virus a significant public health threat
as well as a potentially devastating biological weapon. Click
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