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.

• DR Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency - BBC News
  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:03 GMT
• Daily double-digit Ebola cases continue in DRC - CIDRAP
  Fri, 19 Jul 2019 23:03 GMT
• Congolese soldiers to force hand-washing, fever checks after Ebola emergency declaration - USA TODAY
  Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:29 GMT
• This Ebola book is more terrifying than fiction - New York Post
  Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:33 GMT
• The U.S. Helped Defeat Ebola in 2014. Now, We’re Watching a Crisis Become a Catastrophe - TIME
  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:47 GMT
• First Ebola case confirmed in Congo city of Goma, right on Rwanda border - The Washington Post
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:07 GMT
• Three more health workers infected in Ebola outbreak - CIDRAP
  Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:57 GMT
• Debate over whether to test second Ebola vaccine turns acrimonious - STAT
  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 08:39 GMT
• As Ebola outbreak rages, the world just watches. Some call it 'malignant neglect' - Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles Times
  Tue, 02 Jul 2019 07:00 GMT
• The response to DRC’s Ebola crisis isn’t working. Here’s what we need to do - The Guardian
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:00 GMT
• Merck's Ebola vaccine helps combat deadly outbreak in the Congo as the virus spreads - CNBC
  Wed, 10 Jul 2019 07:00 GMT
• Ebola Outbreak In Congo Is Testing Ground For Experimental Treatments : Goats and Soda - NPR
  Fri, 21 Jun 2019 07:00 GMT
• Survivors Care For Children Orphaned By Ebola In The Democratic Republic Of Congo - Forbes
  Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:24 GMT
• Fighting Ebola is hard but in the Congo mistrust and fear is making it harder - CNN
  Sat, 22 Jun 2019 07:00 GMT
• Ebola in DR Congo: Fear and mistrust stalk battle to halt outbreak - BBC News
  Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:00 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (68): Congo DR (NK,IT) cases, WHO, Uganda
  Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:26:53 -0400
  Ebola -- DR Congo
  - Following the recommendations of the international expert committee, WHO declared on Wed 17 Jul 2019, that the Ebola epidemic in the DRC is a health emergency of international concern.
  - The Ministry of Health accepts the evaluation of the expert committee. The ministry hopes that this decision is not the result of the many pressures from different stakeholder groups who wanted to use this declaration as an opportunity to raise funds for humanitarian actors despite the potentially harmful