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.

• 60% of Congo's Ebola cases in October involved children, WHO says
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:43 GMT
• Ebola Outbreak in Congo Not a Global Emergency, WHO Says
  Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:40 GMT
• West African Ebola epidemic cost $53 billion, according to new estimate
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:05 GMT
• Md. responders, community hold ebola drill
  Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:04 GMT
• Picture perfect: Researchers gain clearest ever image of Ebola virus protein
  Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:56 GMT
• More Ebola cases as WHO weighs emergency declaration
  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:52 GMT
• Texas Biomed scientists researching Ebola-malaria connection
  Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:07 GMT
• West Africa countries lose $7 billion dollars to Ebola – Official
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:31 GMT
• Ebola experts from CDC were pulled from outbreak zone amid security concern
  Sun, 14 Oct 2018 22:50 GMT
• Ebola concern: Outbreak in the Congo is so severe, WHO is removing experts
  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:20 GMT
• Researchers analyze connections between Ebola, malaria
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:45 GMT
• Ebola showed up in a war zone. It's not going well.
  Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:30 GMT
• The Hijacked Hearse: Dispatches From The Ebola Outbreak In DRC
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:24 GMT
• International Safeguarding Summit, Ebola, and USAID-Chemonics supply chain contract: This week in development
  Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:15 GMT
• Battles over safe Ebola burials complicate work in Congo
  Sat, 13 Oct 2018 09:16 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (103): Congo DR (NK,IT) cases, risk, response, research
  Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:50:16 -0400
  Ebola -- DR Congo
  Contrary to what has been reported in some media, the 2 Congolese nationals who arrived in Uganda where they are being followed by the national health authorities did not participate in the burial of a confirmed case of Ebola in Kasenyi [Ituri]. The response teams investigated the funeral in which the 2 Congolese nationals had participated. There was no connection to the Ebola outbreak and the clinical picture of the deceased person did not match that of Ebola virus disease. Thus, they have