In the Ebola experiments, Lacy-Hulbert, Bruchez, and their colleagues had been using a genetic screen called transposon-mediated gene activation to search for natural antiviral mechanisms within ...

An American nurse exposed to Ebola while caring for patients in Sierra Leone was today (December 11) admitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The ...

The biggest filovirus outbreak, caused by Ebola virus, occurred in three West African countries from 2014 to 2016. It killed more than 11,000 people and infected more than 28,000.

Scientists have developed a tool to narrow down potential host species of filoviruses like Ebola and better prioritize wildlife surveillance. Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

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 ...