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 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.” ...

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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." ...

"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 ...

One of those health workers is a traditional healer, a setting that is unlikely to involve the stringent infection control practices needed to prevent transmission ... s Ebola Zaire virus vaccine.

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.

Human-to-human transmission of Ebola happens through body fluids, with the main symptoms being fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea. Of eight previous outbreaks of the Sudan Ebola virus ...

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.

The study shows that ring vaccination significantly reduced Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases starting 10 days post-vaccination. Most infections occurred within the first nine days before the ...

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 ...