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 ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus ...

"While the risk of widespread transmission is ... the U.S. is incredibly low." Ebola occurs when someone is infected with orthoebolavirus zairense, which is a virus mainly found in sub-Saharan ...

“If we don’t know what the wildlife host is, we can’t know how, where or when that will be.” The biggest filovirus outbreak, caused by Ebola virus, occurred in three West African countries from 2014 ...

Dr Atwinem said: ‘Post-mortem samples confirmed Sudan Ebola Virus Disease ... nurse will be arranged to reduce the risk of disease transmission. Additionally, vaccinations of all individuals ...

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 ...

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

The head of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program said Saturday that six people who were in contact with Uganda’s latest Ebola ... prevent transmission of the virus.

Scientists don't know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.

Discovery of Nanosota-EB1 and -EB2 as Novel Nanobody Inhibitors Against Ebola Virus Infection. PLOS Pathogens , 2024; 20 (12): e1012817 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012817 Cite This Page : ...

Uganda announced Thursday that a nurse, 32, had died of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, amid a new outbreak of the deadly virus there — the first in two years. The country has activated emergency ...

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African ...