News tagged with ebola virus disease
New study finds malaria, typhoid—not Ebola—biggest health threat for travelers to tropics
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, ...
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Jan 16, 2013 |
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Canada lab probes pig link to Ebola virus
Could pigs be an unexpected source for transmitting the deadly Ebola virus?
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Nov 15, 2012 |
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Two dead in new outbreak of Ebola in Uganda (Update)
A fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in central Uganda has killed at least two people, the health minister said Thursday.
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Nov 15, 2012 |
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Researchers suggest some emerging infectious diseases may have been around a long time
(Medical Xpress)—A genetics research team led by Pardis Sabeti of Harvard University has published a paper in the journal Science, suggesting that some infectious diseases that are thought to be relati ...
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Nov 09, 2012 |
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Ebola antibody treatment, produced in plants, protects monkeys from lethal disease
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.
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Oct 15, 2012 |
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Ebola claims up to 33 lives in DR Congo: health ministry
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.
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Sep 27, 2012 |
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New approach needed to tackle emerging zoonotic diseases
(Medical Xpress)—A more coordinated approach to surveillance is required if emerging diseases which can spread from animals to humans are to be tackled, say scientists.
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Sep 10, 2012 |
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Single vaccines to protect against both rabies and Ebola
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 ...
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Aug 25, 2011 |
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Researchers find 'key' used by ebola virus to unlock cells and spread deadly infection
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have helped identify a cellular protein that is critical for infection by the deadly Ebola virus. The findings, published in today's online edition ...
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Aug 24, 2011 |
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