Figure 1

Screen capture of motion image of Zaire Ebola virus infection. This is a screen capture of a time-lapsed video which was reanimated from data published in reference 1. The left lower panel shows a time map of perturbations of laboratory and vitals datasets divided into systems (the inflammatory system is on the top). The left upper panel is a weather map visualization of the time matrix distortion showing the image at the point of the blue line on the time map. The right panel shows the time series of Ebola viral load and antibody response. An apparent Ebola sepsis like syndrome (ESLS) emerges on day 14 with a precipitous onset (see rapid distortion of the inflammation system on the time map on day 14). While the pattern looks similar to ESLS, as noted by the authors it is likely that this distortion was primarily caused by enteric bacterial sepsis.