Following infection, Ebola virus can survive unnoticed in the human body for months or even years, hiding in areas with little immune surveillance like the central nervous system. In doing so, it ...

The Ebola epidemic in Liberia could likely be eliminated by June 2015 if the current high rate of hospitalization and vigilance can be maintained, according to a new model developed by ecologists at ...

The ongoing outbreak of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo highlights the urgent need to bridge therapeutic gaps for non-Zaire ebolaviruses by prioritizing and ...

Effective containment of an Ebola virus outbreak relies on a well-established set of interventions: early detection, isolation, contact tracing, source identification, and the implementation of ...

Trials are beginning on several drugs that have shown promise in preliminary studies against the virus that is causing the current outbreak. A health worker in the town of Mongbwalu, Democratic ...