Ebola is a severe, often fatal disease in humans with high fever and bleedings. It is caused by the Ebola virus.
Synonyms
Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Detailed description
So far, Ebola was mainly observed in the tropical part of Africa. The illness is caused by the Ebola virus. Fruit bats or bats are the presumptive natural hosts of the virus. It spreads to humans through contact with infected wild animals. Human-to-human transmission takes place via contact with bodily fluids and organs of infected people. An epidemic with more than 11,000 dead people occurred in West Africa in 2014/2015. A vaccine against Ebola is being developed.
An artificially produced inhibitor curbs Ebola virus replication and could be used to develop drugs for life-threatening Ebola virus epidemics. An European team of scientists bases this hope on
German scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) in Braunschweig and Nigerian researchers are applying the new mobile
Initial associations with the term “emerging infections” usually involve diseases like Ebola and MERS or chikungunya and Zika fever. However, dangerous zoonoses, i.e. viral infections that can spread
A research team from Marburg, Heidelberg and Kyoto elucidates the structure and assembly of the Ebola virus’ genome envelope. This envelope protects the epidemic pathogen’s genome from being broken
An international team of researchers has successfully tested a vaccine against the Ebola virus: The medical experts have established a dose which could offer successful protection against the Ebola
The latest outbreaks of emerging, dangerous pathogens, such as Ebola, MERS-CoV or Zika, emphasise the importance of the rapid development of effective vaccines. However, being able to predict the
In 2016, a clinical phase I trial on a potential vaccine against the dreaded Ebola virus was successfully completed. The tested vaccine “rVSV-ZEBOV” proved to be safe and effective. In a further trial
The recent Ebola crisis has triggered global rethinking: the global community wants to be better prepared for serious infectious disease epidemics than before. For this purpose, the international
