If the world doesn't get the Ebola outbreak in West Africa under control quickly, the disease could become a permanent fixture in the region, spreading as routinely as malaria or the flu, the ...

Second Ebola death in Uganda, a 4-year-old child, raises concerns about outbreak control and funding challenges.

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After Uganda’s outbreak, the CDC urges doctors to be on alert for Ebola—also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF)—a rare but deadly virus.

The most commonly used nonhuman primate models for efficacy evaluations against Ebola virus utilize the intramuscular or aerosol route of exposure. Although clinical disease signs are similar to human ...

Guinea, the West Africa country, announced Sunday that the Ebola virus has become an epidemic after the deaths of three people and hospitalizations of four others, a report said.