Here’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of ...

Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

Ebola virus (EBOV), a negative-strand RNA virus, belongs to the enveloped filovirus family. Unlike Lassa virus (LASV), EBOV and other filoviruses are known to extensively utilize TNTs during their ...

Introduction: Ebola virus (EBOV) is an RNA virus of the Filoviridae family that is responsible for outbreaks of hemorrhagic fevers in primates with a lethality rate as high as 90%. EBOV primarily ...

Ebola virus and other filoviruses can cause devastating diseases in humans and other apes. Numerous small outbreaks of Ebola virus disease have occurred in Africa over the past 40 years. However, in ...