Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Objectives We investigate the chance of demonstrating Ebola vaccine efficacy in an individually randomised controlled trial implemented in the declining epidemic of Forécariah prefecture, Guinea.

Colorized transmission electron microscopic image showing the filamentous and curved morphology of an Ebola virus particle. [CDC/ Frederick A. Murphy] Researchers at the University of Iowa (UI ...

“The outputs of the tool help inform responders in closer to real time on aspects of the outbreak, such as novel transmission modes, differences between variants of the pathogen, and better infection ...

Background. The 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was the largest and longest in recorded history, with more than 28 000 reported cases across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.1 Impoverished ...

From studies on human Ebola outbreaks, the mBio authors conclude that direct contact and exposure to infected body fluids are the chief modes of Ebola transmission. They explain that Ebola virus has ...

In recent years, a selection of vaccines and effective therapies for Ebola have been developed. Unfortunately, however, they are not widely available. Accordingly, health officials typically combat ...

Hypotheses have been raised about possible mechanisms that made dynamics of Ebola transmission exacerbated (Bausch & Schwarz 2014). The coupled pathogen-reservoir system has evolved from a ...

From SARS in 2003, H1N1 flu in 2009, to Ebola in 2014, the U.S. was given ample warning, they argue, that these outbreaks were not “one-off” events but “part of a looming trend.” ...

The confirmation of Ebola cases by the country’s national laboratory marked the first known resurgence in west Africa since an outbreak ended in 2016 after claiming more than 11,300 lives.

Researchers calculated the probability of semen remaining positive for Ebola to be 93.02% and 60.12% after 3 and 6 months, respectively, while Ebola RNA was detectable in breast milk from a woman ...