Although outbreaks of Ebola virus are rare, the disease is severe and often fatal, with few treatment options. Rather than ...

DAKAR, Senegal – The World Health Organization says that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least ...

About 5,000 people die of the virus each year in West Africa among the approximately 100,000 to 300,000 annual cases, the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.

For Ebola virus, if you traveled to these countries in West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia) or had contact with a patient known to have Ebola virus disease within the last 21 days AND have a ...

Marburg virus disease affects both people and non-human primates, and is caused by a genetically unique animal-borne RNA virus of the filovirus family (the same family as the Ebola virus). Cases ...

COULBORN: And this recognition allows the immune system to be prepared to attack the virus and protect the person from Ebola virus disease. DANIEL: Coulborn says the vaccine is not administered as ...

Ebola Virus Uses Tunneling Nanotubes as an Alternate Route of Dissemination. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023; 228 (Supplement_7): S522 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad400 ...

Researchers analyzed outcomes from 2,279 patients with confirmed Ebola virus disease who were treated in the DRC between July 27, 2018, and April 27, 2020, a study period that coincided with the ...

Ebola virus disease is a rare but severe illness that is fatal in 50 percent of cases, and those who survive may have symptoms for two years or longer. Patients must be hospitalized and receive oral ...

This year’s outbreak of Marburg virus disease, closely related to Ebola, was first reported in Equatorial Guinea in February, involving a cluster of deaths suspected to be caused by a viral ...

If Your Time is short Ervebo, an Ebola vaccine, is neither experimental, nor contains the Ebola virus. A different virus used in the vaccine, vesicular stomatitis, can shed.