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 ...

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Here’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of ...

The findings of a new study suggest that the virus behind ... elucidate a mechanism by which EBOV traffics to the skin’s surface and may explain person-to-person transmission via skin contact.” ...

In 2023, he received the prestigious Sabin Vaccine Institute Gold Medal for developing other innovative vaccines for Ebola Zaire, smallpox, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile virus, among others.

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." ...

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

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 ...

Uganda started a vaccination trial on Monday for the Ebola Sudan virus four days after an outbreak ... Human-to-human transmission of Ebola happens through body fluids, with the main symptoms ...

Post-mortem samples confirmed Sudan Ebola Virus Disease. Currently, no other health care worker or patient on the ward has presented with signs or symptoms of Ebola," Ministry of Health- Uganda's ...