The findings of a new study suggest that the virus behind Ebola – a rare but severe and often fatal illness – may be spread ...

Researchers have traced a cellular route Ebola virus (EBOV) uses to traverse the inner and outer layers of skin and emerge onto the skin's surface. The study identifies new cell types within the skin ...

Study findings spotlight a highly potent source of Ebola virus shedding with the potential for person-to-person transmission.

If Ebola virus was in his body ... Second, there’s “the remarkable genome stability of the virus over the years.” It didn’t change much, didn’t evolve much, at least until the human ...

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 ...

Ebola is generally known to spread through contact with bodily fluids from individuals who have the infection.

Ebola is a deadly hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that is endemic in parts of East-Central and West Africa. Most people are aware that a primary route for person-to-person transmission is ...

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

Over the past month there have been numerous news reports regarding the Ugandan outbreak of Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever. As of 8 November, the Ugandan ministry of health reported 286 cases ...