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.

• Urgent steps needed to prevent Ebola from spinning out of control - STAT
  Fri, 03 May 2019 07:00 GMT
• Ebola is like a fire. It keeps burning. - The Washington Post
  Sun, 19 May 2019 22:22 GMT
• With more than 1,100 dead, Congo’s Ebola outbreak is only getting worse. Now doctors are forced to go undercover. - The Washington Post
  Thu, 16 May 2019 20:54 GMT
• Ebola Containment Efforts in DRC Threatened by Insecurity, Underfunding - VOA News
  Sat, 18 May 2019 13:52 GMT
• New Approaches Needed To Respond To DRC Ebola Outbreak - Kaiser Family Foundation
  Mon, 20 May 2019 16:08 GMT
• For 'Hot Zone,' Margulies confronts claustrophobia and Ebola - Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Mon, 20 May 2019 15:16 GMT
• Ebola outbreak threatens to escalate as violence rises - STAT
  Tue, 07 May 2019 07:00 GMT
• Violence, Rumors Continue To Hinder DRC Ebola Response; U.K. To Send Additional Funding, Personnel As Outbreak Grows - Kaiser Family Foundation
  Mon, 20 May 2019 16:08 GMT
• Julianna Margulies on her shocking Ebola drama: 'I panicked in my hazmat suit!' - The Guardian
  Sun, 19 May 2019 14:30 GMT
• Ebola Experts Say It's Time For A Radical Rethink Of Strategies In Congo : Goats and Soda - NPR
  Fri, 10 May 2019 07:00 GMT
• Could an emergency declaration over Ebola make a bad situation worse? - STAT
  Tue, 14 May 2019 08:47 GMT
• Thailand on Red Alert in Bid to Stop ‘Pig Ebola’ Crossing Border - Bloomberg
  Fri, 17 May 2019 23:00 GMT
• Ebola outbreak in Congo hits record for confirmed cases in single day - CNN
  Wed, 01 May 2019 07:00 GMT
• Ebola outbreak grows in Congo after health clinic attacks - PBS NewsHour
  Sun, 05 May 2019 07:00 GMT
• Ebola setting in 'unpredictable calm' as cases rise by 21 - CIDRAP
  Thu, 16 May 2019 22:12 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (47): Congo DR (NK, IT) cases, summary, situation, research
  Mon, 20 May 2019 11:52:01 -0400
  Ebola -- DR Congo
  - Investigations continue around the 1st confirmed patient in the Alimbongo health zone. According to the initial results, the patient was contaminated after participating in an unsecured burial of a family member who died in Katwa.
  Figures of the response
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  - 119 652 vaccinated persons
  - 792 people vaccinated on 18 May 2019;
  - of those vaccinated, 32 577 are high-risk contacts, 58 347 are contacts of contacts, and 28 728 are front-line providers;
  - persons