Imagine a virus so lethal that up to 90% of those infected don’t survive. That’s Marburg - a rare but extremely dangerous disease with no known cure. In this video, we explore its history, how it ...

Ebola is hemorrhagic disease caused by the Ebola virus, which is endemic in parts of East-Central and West Africa. “The characteristic signs of EBOV include hemorrhagic fever, gastrointestinal ...

This work is published in Cell, in the paper, “ Intracellular Ebola Virus nucleocapsid assembly revealed by in situ cryo-electron tomography. ” In a first, the study reports detailed, complete ...

Ebola is a viral haemorrhagic fever that was first discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Six of the virus species are known to cause disease in humans -- Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo ...

After Uganda’s outbreak, the CDC urges doctors to be on alert for Ebola—also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF)—a rare but deadly virus.

The Ebola virus can hide in the brains of monkeys that have recovered after medical treatment without causing symptoms and lead to recurrent infections, according to a study by a team I led that ...

In a groundbreaking study published today, scientists describe how Ebola virus, which can persist in certain areas of the body, can re-emerge to cause fatal disease—even long after treatment ...

Infection by Ebola virus can be fatal, so understanding what drives human outbreaks might offer better ways to control it. Writing in Nature, Keita et al. 1 provide evidence that the 2021 outbreak ...

The West Africa Ebola virus epidemic from 2013-2016 resulted in more than 28,000 infections and more than 11,000 deaths. Four outbreaks occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2017-2021 ...

Ebola is a virus that causes Ebola virus disease (EVD). The fatal disease most commonly affects humans as well as non-human primates, such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees, the CDC explains.

His latest focus has been on Ebola's VP40 protein, encoded by one of the seven genes. VP40 forms the virus's matrix layer, a layer of protein beneath the lipid envelope.