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.

The objectives of Ebola Virus Net are to be the public and professional information resource for ebola and to serve as a network in the exchange of information and news related to ebola.

• The Ebola response effort is struggling. Experts say these steps could help - STAT
  Wed, 22 May 2019 08:37 GMT
• Ebola outbreak deaths top 1,000 in Congo amid clinic attacks - The Associated Press
  Fri, 03 May 2019 07:00 GMT
• Survivors: Inside Sierra Leone's Ebola epidemic | Sierra Leone - Aljazeera.com
  Wed, 22 May 2019 14:35 GMT
• Ebola is like a fire. It keeps burning. - The Washington Post
  Sun, 19 May 2019 22:27 GMT
• With more than 1,100 dead, Congo’s Ebola outbreak is only getting worse. Now doctors are forced to go undercover. - The Washington Post
  Thu, 16 May 2019 20:54 GMT
• Democratic Republic of Congo: Ebola Virus Disease - External Situation Report 42 - Democratic Republic of the Congo - ReliefWeb
  Tue, 21 May 2019 22:24 GMT
• The importance of community involvement in tackling Ebola - The Guardian
  Wed, 22 May 2019 16:50 GMT
• Fighting Ebola When Mourners Fight the Responders - The New York Times
  Sun, 19 May 2019 09:02 GMT
• Responding to the Ebola crisis in DR Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - ReliefWeb
  Wed, 22 May 2019 10:52 GMT
• In central Africa, Islamist militias complicate church efforts to battle Ebola - Religion News Service
  Wed, 22 May 2019 16:38 GMT
• An Army veterinarian first took down Ebola in the United States - We Are The Mighty
  Wed, 22 May 2019 13:37 GMT
• Ebola outbreak threatens to escalate as violence rises - STAT
  Tue, 07 May 2019 07:00 GMT
• Weekly Update on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Preparedness for South Sudan Update #36 (10 May 2019) - South Sudan - ReliefWeb
  Wed, 22 May 2019 16:20 GMT
• U.S. HHS Secretary Azar Continues Participation In WHA, Bilateral Meetings, Attends Ebola Briefing, Co-Hosts Event On Vaccine Hesitancy - Kaiser Family Foundation
  Wed, 22 May 2019 15:53 GMT
• Ebola Experts Say It's Time For A Radical Rethink Of Strategies In Congo : Goats and Soda - NPR
  Fri, 10 May 2019 07:00 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (47): Congo DR (NK, IT) cases, summary, situation, research
  Mon, 20 May 2019 11:52:01 -0400
  Ebola -- DR Congo
  - Investigations continue around the 1st confirmed patient in the Alimbongo health zone. According to the initial results, the patient was contaminated after participating in an unsecured burial of a family member who died in Katwa.
  Figures of the response
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  - 119 652 vaccinated persons
  - 792 people vaccinated on 18 May 2019;
  - of those vaccinated, 32 577 are high-risk contacts, 58 347 are contacts of contacts, and 28 728 are front-line providers;
  - persons