Genetic sequencing showed that several Ebola strains were involved, which indicated multiple introductions of virus into the animal populations. Transmission might have required exposure to fresh ...

Ebola is hemorrhagic disease caused by the Ebola virus ... findings elucidate a mechanism by which EBOV traffics to the skin’s surface and may explain person-to-person transmission via skin ...

workers went door to door to reach 1.5 million households and share information on ways families could protect themselves against Ebola virus disease, helping to slow transmission. Vaccination ...

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.

Ebola is a deadly hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that ... elucidate a mechanism by which EBOV traffics to the skin's surface and may explain person-to-person transmission via skin contact." ...

Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.

The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.

Congo Checks 12 Possible Ebola Cases, African Health Body Says DAKAR (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its ...

The biggest filovirus outbreak, caused by Ebola virus, occurred in three West African countries from 2014 to 2016. It killed more than 11,000 people and infected more than 28,000. More recently ...

There are no approved vaccines or treatments for Sudan virus disease, which has a 40–70% fatality rate. To curb the ongoing outbreak, Uganda has deployed—under a clinical trial setting—a vaccine ...

The Ugandan Health Ministry has confirmed the death of a nurse following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the ... DAILY POST reports that human transmission of Ebola is through body fluids ...

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