Uganda has started trial vaccination for Sudan virus Disease(Ebola) for upcountry regions on Sunday. A team of 200 health ...

Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola, health authorities reported, and there were no ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, ...

Uganda has confirmed three cases of the deadly Ebola virus ... for the Zaire strain of the virus, no fully effective vaccine has been available for the Sudan strain—until now.

It is the sixth time Uganda has been hit by an outbreak of the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine. Of the five other Ebola species, just one has licensed vaccines.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that is in the same family as Ebola.

Most often, Ebola outbreaks have been caused by the Zaire type of the Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus) and the Sudan type (Sudan ebolavirus). During the most recent outbreaks, among which have been ...

Is the Sudan virus deadlier than Ebola? A key discovery explains how it clings to human cells. The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a 50% fatality rate, but its mechanisms of cell ...

Uganda launched a vaccination trial for the Sudan strain of Ebola on Monday, following the confirmation of an outbreak. This marks the sixth time Uganda has faced this virus, for which no approved ...

aims to assess the clinical efficacy of a candidate vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus. According to the UN agency, this is the first-ever vaccine trial for the Sudan strain of Ebola.

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...