Ebola occurs when someone is infected with orthoebolavirus zairense, which is a virus mainly found in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The team also noted the potential utility of their skin model system for antiviral studies ... and dynamic translocation of infectious Ebola virus to the surface of human skin,” in which ...

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 ...

Ebola is a rare but severe illness that is often fatal and is spread through physical contact. Outbreaks of the virus have occurred in central and west Africa, with the Democratic Republic of ...

Ten years ago, I was in the hospital battling Ebola. My fever rarely relented. I felt so weak that getting up was a herculean task, attempted only a few times a day. Having treated patients with ...

Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

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Bitter fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sparked fears that highly dangerous Ebola viruses could be released from a laboratory in a city stormed by Rwandan-backed rebels.

While transmission of Ebola virus through contact with bodily fluids from an infected person is well known, more recent Ebola outbreaks have demonstrated that the infectious virus is also found on ...

Early symptoms of Ebola include fever, fatigue, and headache. Ebola, a rare yet highly fatal viral disease, continues to pose a significant threat to human health. The virus is primarily ...

"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 ...

“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 ...