Ebola Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in ebola. Ebola (Ebola hemorrhagic fever), is a severe, often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees. Ebola is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus. There are five identified Ebolavirus species, four of which have caused disease in humans. Ebola is found in several African countries. The first Ebola species was discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, outbreaks have appeared sporadically in Africa. When an infection does occur in humans, the virus can be spread to others through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with Ebola, or through contact with objects that have been contaminated with the blood or body fluids of an infected person. Currently there are no specific vaccines or medicines that have been proven to be effective against Ebola.

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• Congo struggles to contain Ebola outbreak - Washington Times
  Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:42 GMT
• DRC Ebola outbreak: The worrying new developments, explained - Vox.com
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:41 GMT
• Host protein mimics viral protein to hinder infection by Ebola virus - Nature.com
  Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:57 GMT
• Ebola outbreak in Congo surpasses 600 cases amid more violence - CNN
  Wed, 02 Jan 2019 08:00 GMT
• U.S. health-care worker with possible exposure to Ebola evacuated to Nebraska - Washington Post
  Sat, 29 Dec 2018 08:00 GMT
• Broad-range Ebola drug shows promise in animal tests - Health24
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 04:36 GMT
• Ebola Suspected In Sweden After Man Vomits Blood, But Test Is Negative - Forbes
  Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:00 GMT
• American monitored for possible Ebola did not have disease - NBCNews.com
  Sun, 13 Jan 2019 08:00 GMT
• Ebola Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Normal - Foreign Policy
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:33 GMT
• Another piece of Ebola virus puzzle identified - Medical Xpress
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019 08:05 GMT
• US health worker monitored as DRC Ebola nears 600 cases - CIDRAP
  Mon, 31 Dec 2018 08:00 GMT
• Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo - World Health Organization
  Fri, 28 Dec 2018 08:00 GMT
• World's 2nd-deadliest Ebola outbreak reaches 600 confirmed cases - ABC News
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:09 GMT
• International treaty could threaten genetics research on ebola, other infectious diseases - Genetic Literacy Project
  Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:05 GMT
• Vaccine hesitancy a top 'threat to global health' - ABC News
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:15 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (08): Congo DR (NK, IT) cases, prevention, spread, research
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:45:17 -0500
  Ebola -- DR Congo
  Epidemiological situation in Katwa
  - The health zones of Katwa and Butembo are the main current outbreaks of the epidemic, which reported 65% of new confirmed cases recorded in the last 21 days (58/89).
  - The main difficulty in Katwa is the reluctance of relatives of confirmed cases. The majority of new confirmed cases identified in Katwa are reluctant contacts who have refused vaccination and follow-up of contacts. Thus, the last 10 confirmed cases of Katwa, in the Muchanga health area,