Nor will it attempt to substitute for the extraordinarily rich literature on the atomic bombs and the end of World War II. This collection does not attempt to document the origins and development of the Manhattan Project.
Background. The Ebola virus is an âenveloped virus,â meaning that the core of the virus is surrounded by a lipoprotein outer layer. Enveloped viruses such as Ebola are more susceptible to destruction with a number of physical and chemical agents than viruses without lipoprotein envelopes (Figure).ackground. The Ebola virus is an âenveloped virus,â meaning that the core of the virus is surrounded by a lipoprotein outer layer. Enveloped viruses such as Ebola are more susceptible to destruction with a number of physical and chemical agents than viruses without lipoprotein envelopes (Figure).
Visitors to the Kitum cave on top of Mt. Elgon have contracted Marburg, while Ebola has been isolated from monkeys in Uganda, within 60 miles of Mt. Elgon. Many residents of Central Africa (between 2% and 7% of the population tested) have antibodies to Ebola virus.escription. An acute, infectious, hemorrhagic viral fever. Ebola is the second member of the family Filoviridae, or thread viruses. It is an enveloped, single-stranded, unsegmented, negative-sense RNA virus.