An epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Guinea from 2013 to 2016 represented the first-ever outbreak of Ebola in a West African country. Previous outbreaks...
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The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss...
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An Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone occurred in 2014, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia. At the time it was discovered, it...
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An epidemic of Ebola virus disease occurred in Liberia from 2014 to 2016, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone. The first cases...
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Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by...
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quarantines. Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia Ebola virus epidemic in Nigeria Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone Ebola virus disease...
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This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted...
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survival chances. In 2009, expanded clinical trials of an Ebola and Marburg vaccine began in Kampala, Uganda. Marburg virus was first described in 1967. It was...
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of the Ebola virus disease in Nigeria were reported in 2014 as a small part of the epidemic of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") which...
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two Marburgviruses: Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVV). Its clinical symptoms are very similar to those of Ebola virus disease (EVD). Egyptian fruit...
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Organizations from around the world responded to the West African Ebola virus epidemic. In July 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency...
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medical professionals. In 2014, ebola virus epidemic broke out in West Africa. The first cases of the outbreak were recorded in Guinea in December 2013. Subsequently...
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vaccine to be approved in the United States was rVSV-ZEBOV in December 2019. It had been used extensively in the Kivu Ebola epidemic under a compassionate...
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In August–November 1976, an outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurred in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The first recorded case was...
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This article covers the timeline of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa and its outbreaks elsewhere. Flag icons denote the first announcements...
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The Kivu Ebola epidemic was an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and in other parts of Central...
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six deaths. As of late 2014, the Ebola virus epidemic in Mali's southern neighbors Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea has led to thousands of deaths. Mali...
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lived in the village of Meliandou, Guéckédou Prefecture, Guinea was the index case of the current Ebola virus disease epidemic. The boy died in December...
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Peter Piot (category Ebola researchers)
research into Ebola and AIDS. After helping discover the Ebola virus in 1976 and leading efforts to contain the first-ever recorded Ebola epidemic that same...
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Zaire ebolavirus (redirect from Zaire ebola virus)
of the 2013–2016 epidemic in western Africa, which resulted in at least 28,646 suspected cases and 11,323 confirmed deaths. Ebola virus and its genus were...
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The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa has had a large effect on the culture of most of the West African countries. In most instances, the effect is...
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Womey massacre (category West African Ebola virus epidemic)
kilometres (31 mi) from Womey. Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea "8 members of Ebola aid team massacred in Guinea". Q13 FOX News. 19 September 2014. Retrieved...
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of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa in 2014 and 2015, and a single case in 1976, when a laboratory technician contracted the disease in a needlestick...
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terms Ebola virus, Ebolavirus, and Ebola virus disease (usually referred to as simply "Ebola"). "The American Heritage Dictionary entry: Ebola". The American...
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RVSV-ZEBOV vaccine (redirect from Ebola Zaire Vaccine, Live)
stomatitis virus–Zaire Ebola virus (rVSV-ZEBOV), also known as Ebola Zaire vaccine live and sold under the brand name Ervebo, is an Ebola vaccine for...
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Marburg virus disease is around 50 percent, but it can vary from 24 to 88 percent depending on several factors. In contrast to Ebola which has an Ebola vaccine...
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Ebola outbreaks – Cases and outbreaks of Ebola virus disease List of infectious diseases List of natural disasters by death toll#Deadliest epidemics Timeline...
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Reston virus (RESTV) is one of six known viruses within the genus Ebolavirus. Reston virus causes Ebola virus disease in non-human primates; out of all...
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Post-Ebola virus syndrome (or post-Ebola syndrome) is a post-viral syndrome affecting those who have recovered from infection with Ebola. Symptoms include...
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There is a cure for the Ebola virus disease that is currently approved for market the US government has inventory in the Strategic National Stockpile....
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