Welcome to Ebola Virus Net
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.
Ebola News and Headlines
- As Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Drags On, Untracked Cases Sow Confusion - The New York Times
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:45 GMT - Subsequent mortality in survivors of Ebola virus disease in Guinea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study - The Lancet
Wed, 04 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT - Ebola came quietly to the village of Chowe - World Health Organization
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:31 GMT - Confirmed Ebola deaths near 2K, cases over 3K in Congo - ABC News
Sat, 14 Sep 2019 14:38 GMT - A gas explosion ripped through a Russian lab storing deadly viruses like smallpox, anthrax, and Ebola - INSIDER
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:03 GMT - Uninfected patients key to improving Ebola response - Medical Xpress
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:46 GMT - Azar calls for transparency in Ebola-like death in Tanzania | TheHill - The Hill
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:45 GMT - Exclusive: Behind the front lines of the Ebola wars - Nature.com
Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:54 GMT - With Ebola cases rising, officials launch new infection control steps - CIDRAP
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:08 GMT - World's 2nd-largest Ebola outbreak surpasses 3,000 cases - ABC News
Fri, 30 Aug 2019 07:00 GMT - Ebola outbreak reaches remote, militia-run territory in Democratic Republic of Congo - ABC News
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 07:00 GMT - Ebola Crisis In Congo Is The Latest Problem On A Long List Of Woes : Goats and Soda - NPR
Tue, 10 Sep 2019 19:07 GMT - WHO urges caution amid Ebola decline in DRC - CIDRAP
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 21:37 GMT - Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola Outbreak - DG ECHO Daily Map | 16/09/2019 - Democratic Republic of the Congo - ReliefWeb
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:23 GMT - No longer incurable: A timeline of Ebola's spread and new treatments - INSIDER
Wed, 04 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
Latest Ebola Posts on ProMED-mail
- PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (89): Congo (NK,IT) Tanzania case update, NOT Ebola
Sat, 14 Sep 2019 14:07:23 -0400
Ebola -- Tanzania
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on [12 Sep 2019] that it had deployed a technical team to the country to cooperate with the health ministry [see Archive Undiagnosed illness - Tanzania: fatal, WHO team deployment, RFI http://promedmail.org/post/20190913.6672971].
The government of Tanzania said on Saturday [14 Sep 2019] that there has been no confirmed case of Ebola in the country. This comes [2 days] after WHO said it was investigating "as a matter of urgency" a "rumor" of death