Controlling the Ebola virus outbreak at the source in West Africa is the most effective way to decrease international risk of transmission, according to a research paper published today in The ...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of the ovary from a nonhuman primate infected with Ebola virus. Characteristic filamentous Ebola virus particles are present between cells (bright red).

Some of the different types of host organisms that viruses can infect. Transmission is the passing of a virus from one host to another. The mechanism by which a virus is transmitted depends on ...