BBC2 年
What is Ebola and why is Uganda's outbreak so serious?
Symptoms of Ebola can sometimes be confused with other illnesses such as malaria and typhoid. The virus has been circulating in rural parts of Uganda since September but an outbreak in an urban ...
Nature4 年
Ebola virus: from discovery to vaccine
Ebola virus, being highly pathogenic for humans and non-human primates and the subject of former weapons programmes, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. In addition, the lack of pre ...
CNN5 年
The Ebola death toll exceeds 1,600. This is what it’s like on the front lines
It is still at the same intensity and is still as dangerous as it was before.” The Ebola virus first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in what is now Nzara, South Sudan ...
National Geographic news5 年
Seeking the Source of Ebola
Had they been, and had they understood that he was the first case in an outbreak of Ebola virus disease, they might have directed some timely attention to an important unknown: How did this boy ...
CNN5 年
The Ebola death toll exceeds 1,600. This is what it’s like on the front lines
It is still at the same intensity and is still as dangerous as it was before.” The Ebola virus first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in what is now Nzara, South Sudan ...
National Geographic news5 年
What’s keeping scientists from vanquishing Ebola?
More than 40 years after it was identified, the Ebola virus continues to defy drugs, treatment plans—and experts’ best efforts to solve its mysteries. Ebola vaccine has to be kept cold.
Yahoo1 个月
What is Marburg virus? Outbreak of Ebola-like disease detected in yet another country
(NEXSTAR) – Health officials in Rwanda are dealing with the country’s first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease which, if left untreated, has a fatality rate of up to 88%.