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Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) are contributing to the development of a new vaccine designed to provide broad protection ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Ebola symptoms appear between two and 21 days after infection, and can include fever, severe headache, muscle pain, fatigue, abdominal pain ...

Discovered in 1976, Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for ...

02/06/2025February 6, 2025 Discovered in 1976, Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variants. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type. Now, trials for another strain are underway.

Ebola is a viral haemorrhagic fever that was first discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Six of the virus species are known to cause disease in humans -- Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo ...

Ebola Zaire is the most common cause of outbreaks, followed by Ebola Sudan. But there are long stretches between outbreaks of the latter, making it difficult to test drugs or vaccines for this ...

Of four species of Ebola viruses that can infect humans, Ebola virus species Zaire ebolavirus is the deadliest, with fatality rates of 70% to 90% if left untreated, the CDC said.

Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person and has a fatality rate of about 50%. More than 11,300 people died during the 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa.

Three candidate vaccines in development for the Ebola Zaire strain were sent to Uganda, with the first arriving on December 8, to be evaluated in a clinical trial being run by the Makerere ...