Six species of the virus are known to cause disease in humans -- Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Reston, Tai Forest and Bombali.

SEVEN people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious strain of Ebola in Uganda, as scientists race to ...

Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the ...

“An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in Kampala ... fighting in the eastern DRC city of Goma could cause samples of Ebola and other pathogens held in a laboratory to escape.

Amid a new Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, the World Health Organization has kicked off a vaccine trial. This is the first ...

The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives ... Congo's city of Goma could cause samples of Ebola and other pathogens held in a laboratory to escape.

The INRB lab in Goma is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies that meet the highest international standards of quality, ...

By comparison, Ebola virus kills between 25 and 90 percent of ... this critical piece of the viral machinery illuminates how the pathogen multiplies inside its hosts. Until now, the structure ...

Often compared to Ebola, this highly contagious haemorrhagic ... based on the intensified disease surveillance. The Marburg virus, flagged as a “priority pathogen” by the WHO, is known for ...

This is Uganda's sixth outbreak of Ebola Sudan, which causes severe hemorrhagic fever disease with a case fatality rate of up to 50%. No licensed vaccines or therapeutics are available for Ebola Sudan ...

Geneva: The Red Cross voiced alarm Tuesday over the risk that fighting in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma could cause samples of Ebola and other ...