http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind one of the Ebola virus' most dangerous attributes: its ability to disarm the adaptive immune system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-ebola-secret-weapon-revealed.html Medical research Thu, 02 May 2013 15:02:45 EST news286725759 Feeling feverish after a visit to the tropics? It may not just be a bout with this year's flu. If you're a Western traveler, malaria and typhoid fever should top the list of diseases to discuss with your doctor when you return, especially following travel to Western Africa or India. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-malaria-typhoidnot-ebolabiggest-health-threat.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:00:18 EST news277577934 In a study published today in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens, researchers at Emory University have discovered a potentially important mechanism by which the Ebola virus alters and evades the immune response of its infected host. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ebola-virus-protein-decoy-subvert.html Immunology Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:23:30 EST news274641804 A fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in central Uganda has killed at least two people, the health minister said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dead-outbreak-ebola-uganda.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:31:19 EST news272172643 A new Ebola virus study resulting from a widespread scientific collaboration has shown promising preliminary results, preventing disease in infected nonhuman primates using monoclonal antibodies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-ebola-antibody-treatment-monkeys-lethal.html Medical research Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:00:13 EST news269520865 An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have killed up to 33 people, while the number of suspected cases has risen, the health ministry said on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ebola-dr-congo-health-ministry.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:00:01 EST news267959765 An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have claimed up to 32 lives since May, including that of a woman who had just given birth, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ebola-dr-congo.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:41:08 EST news267169260 Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of a critical protein from the Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola virus. These viruses cause similar diseases and are some of the deadliest pathogens on the planet, each killing up to 90 percent of those infected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-scientists-reveal-deadly-marburg-virus.html Medical research Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:00:09 EST news266763744 The United Nations appealed Wednesday for $2 million (1.6 million euros) to fight an epidemic of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed 14 people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-2mn-deadly-ebola-outbreak-dr.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:36:44 EST news266081794 The number of people with Ebola, a rare haemorrhagic disease, in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has tripled since mid-August, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, after 14 patients died in two weeks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ebola-caseload-soars-eastern-dr.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:50:02 EST news265983897 Army scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, that antibody-based therapies can successfully protect monkeys from the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses. In addition, the animals were fully protected even when treatment was administered two days post-infection, an accomplishment unmatched by any experimental therapy for these viruses to date. The work appears in this week's electronic edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-post-exposure-antibody-treatment-primates-ebola.html Medical research Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:56:53 EST news250854979 Some cancer drugs used to treat patients with leukemia may also help stop the Ebola virus and give the body time to control the infection before it turns deadly, US researchers said on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-cancer-drugs-halt-ebola-virus.html Medications Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:14:30 EST news249761663 A team of international researchers has discovered a new Ebola-like virus – Lloviu virus -- in bats from northern Spain. Lloviu virus is the first known filovirus native to Europe, they report in a study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens on Octobr 20th. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-ebola-like-virus-native-europe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:02:06 EST news238388513 Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, among other institutions, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have developed single vaccines to protest against both rabies and the Ebola virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-vaccines-rabies-ebola.html Medical research Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:39:18 EST news233505492 A team of researchers has identified a cellular protein that acts as a receptor for Ebola virus and Marburg virus. Furthermore, the team showed that an antibody, which binds to the receptor protein, is able to block infection by both viruses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-team-receptor-ebola-virus.html Medical research Mon, 02 May 2011 15:00:08 EST news223567060