When the virus returned in 2018 ... Vaccinations were given to the Ebola patient, plus a "ring" of friends, family and contacts - as well as healthcare workers and people involved in burials.

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

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 findings of a new study suggest that the virus behind Ebola – a rare but severe and often fatal illness – may be spread by skin contact, by providing a comprehensive cellular map of its ...

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

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 ...

The designs and methods of the Ebola virus ring vaccination studies have ... symptom onset — and isolated any contacts of this patient and those of any other recent nearby cases, field teams ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts ... The drug was administered to a handful of patients; 2 died and 4 survived. However, with only a small number of cases, no conclusions ...

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The content is produced solely by The Conversation. Ebola is a terrifying virus which, if left untreated, causes bleeding inside the body and through the eyes, nose, mouth and rectum. Case ...