A study in the journal Science, released last week, shows that the Ebola strain spreading across Western Africa has undergone a surprisingly high amount of genetic drift during the current outbreak.

Its mode of transmission remains basically unchanged. Speculation that Ebola virus disease might mutate into a form that could easily spread among humans through the air is just that: speculation ...

That means it's theoretically possible to catch Ebola from sex, but that's probably not a common transmission route, Schaffner said. "Of all the modes of transmission, that's going to be the last ...

A team of prominent researchers suggested Thursday that limited airborne transmission of the Ebola virus is "very likely," a hypothesis that could reignite the debate that started last fall after ...

But in Ebola's case, the mode of transmission probably helps keep its R0 low. Ebola isn't spread through the air, like the measles or flu. It requires close contact with some bodily fluid, ...

Only a small number of mutations are required to alter the host and mode of transmission, he says. The death toll from the current Ebola outbreak continues to rise. More than 2,200 deaths have been ...

The Ebola virus is transmitted among humans through close and direct physical contact with infected bodily fluids, the most infectious being blood, faeces and vomit.

Some of the final cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone were transmitted via unconventional routes, such as semen and breastmilk, according to the largest analysis to date of the tail-end of the epidemic.

Suggestions the Ebola virus could "mutate" into a form that is transmissible by the respiratory route are speculative, and the likelihood of it happening are low. Nonetheless, ...

After two years and more than 2,500 deaths, Guinea is now Ebola-free. Now comes the hard part: staying that way. After the announcement on Tuesday, Guinea entered a 90-day period of heightened ...

Its mode of transmission remains basically unchanged. Speculation that Ebola virus disease might mutate into a form that could easily spread among humans through the air is just that: speculation ...