The first cells affected by the Ebola virus are important for the immune defense of the infected individual. The microorganism prevents, in particular, the triggering of a reaction by monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells. As a rule, these cells recognize that something foreign has entered the body, so they have the crucial task of activating the immune system .
It follows that the infection makes it difficult to develop an effective response to fight the Ebola virus, which can thus multiply to invade the main organs of the body, leaving little chance of survival.
