Pathology of experimental Ebola virus infection in African green monkeys. Involvement of fibroblastic reticular cells.

Abstract

The role of Ebola virus-infected fibroblastic reticular cells in the pathogenesis of Ebola hemorrhagic fever warrants further investigation. This is especially important because of recent observations indicating that fibroblastic reticular cells, along with the reticular fibers they produce, maximize the efficiency of the immune response.