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. The largest outbreak to date was the epidemic in West Africa, which occurred from December 2013, to January 2016, with 28,646 cases and 11,323 deaths. Other outbreaks in Africa began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2017 and 2018. In July 2019, the World Health Organization declared the Congo Ebola outbreak a world health emergency.

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. Until recent, no vaccines were effective. In December 2016, Ebola was found to be 70–100% prevented by rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, making it the first proven vaccine against the disease. More than 100,000 people have been vaccinated against Ebola as of 2019.

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.

• 'Make Ebola a thing of the past': First vaccine against deadly virus approved - Nature.com
  Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:56 GMT
• Ebola vaccine approved in Europe, in landmark moment for global health - STAT
  Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:56 GMT
• USAID Funding Reaches $266 Million To Stop Ongoing Ebola Outbreak - Vax Before Travel
  Sat, 09 Nov 2019 18:09 GMT
• EU Approval of First Ebola Vaccine is Game Changer - VOA News
  Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:59 GMT
• Merck’s Ebola Vaccine Ervebo Prequalified by WHO - Bloomberg
  Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:25 GMT
• Responding to the Ebola Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - ReliefWeb
  Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:15 GMT
• WHO says Congo's Ebola outbreak still qualifies as a global emergency - ABC News
  Mon, 21 Oct 2019 07:00 GMT
• Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak - Uganda - ReliefWeb
  Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:35 GMT
• More Ebola patients being treated in DR Congo - Aljazeera.com
  Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:08 GMT
• 'Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat.' How a Cure Emerged From a War Zone. - The Wall Street Journal
  Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:00 GMT
• Nutritional Care for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in Ebola Treatment Units: Past and Current Experiences - Democratic Republic of the Congo - ReliefWeb
  Fri, 01 Nov 2019 07:00 GMT
• W.H.O. Continues Emergency Status for Ebola Outbreak in Congo - The New York Times
  Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:00 GMT
• Ebola cases continue slow rise in DRC outbreak - CIDRAP
  Mon, 28 Oct 2019 07:00 GMT
• This Congolese Doctor Discovered Ebola But Never Got Credit For It — Until Now - NPR
  Mon, 04 Nov 2019 08:00 GMT
• DRC Ebola cases hit 3285 as transmission rate slows - CIDRAP
  Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:02 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (107): Congo DR (NK, IT) cases, WHO, summ, Uganda, resp, research
  Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:02:31 -0500
  Ebola -- DR Congo
  

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