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Chinese Scientists Identify Key Mutation In Ebola Virus, May Improve Outbreak Surveillance
Chinese researchers have unveiled a crucial mutation in the Ebola virus that significantly enhanced its infectivity during a major outbreak, providing new insights for epidemic surveillance and drug development.
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Ebola Survivors Can Trigger Outbreaks Years After Infection, New Research Shows
Ebola survivors can relapse and trigger outbreaks at least five years after infection, and long-term follow-up of former patients is needed to prevent devastating flare-ups, according to new research.
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Ebola Virus Lasts In Semen For Up To 565 Days: Study
The largest analysis yet has found Ebola virus particles present in semen as long as 565 days after recovery from an infection, highlighting the potential role of sex in sparking another outbreak, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Ebola Could End in Liberia by June: Study
Liberia, the African nation at the center of world's deadliest Ebola outbreak, could see an end to the epidemic by June if 85 per cent of sick people get hospital care, US researchers said Tuesday.
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US Scientists Say Uncertainties Loom About Ebola's Transmission
Even as government officials express confidence that researchers know the key facts about Ebola, many questions crucial to preventing an outbreak in the United States remain unanswered, scientists told a workshop at the National Academy's Institute of Medicine in Washington on Monday.
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How Maths Can Help Curb Ebola Epidemic
Swiss researchers have calculated new benchmark figures to precisely describe the Ebola epidemic in West Africa from a mathematical perspective. Their results may help health authorities to contain the epidemic.
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Area of Ebola Risk From Animals Bigger Than Thought: Research
More than 22 million people live in parts of Africa where conditions exist for the Ebola virus to jump from animals to humans, a bigger area than previously thought, researchers said on Monday.
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Chinese Scientists Identify Key Mutation In Ebola Virus, May Improve Outbreak Surveillance
Chinese researchers have unveiled a crucial mutation in the Ebola virus that significantly enhanced its infectivity during a major outbreak, providing new insights for epidemic surveillance and drug development.
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Ebola Survivors Can Trigger Outbreaks Years After Infection, New Research Shows
Ebola survivors can relapse and trigger outbreaks at least five years after infection, and long-term follow-up of former patients is needed to prevent devastating flare-ups, according to new research.
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Ebola Virus Lasts In Semen For Up To 565 Days: Study
The largest analysis yet has found Ebola virus particles present in semen as long as 565 days after recovery from an infection, highlighting the potential role of sex in sparking another outbreak, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Ebola Could End in Liberia by June: Study
Liberia, the African nation at the center of world's deadliest Ebola outbreak, could see an end to the epidemic by June if 85 per cent of sick people get hospital care, US researchers said Tuesday.
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US Scientists Say Uncertainties Loom About Ebola's Transmission
Even as government officials express confidence that researchers know the key facts about Ebola, many questions crucial to preventing an outbreak in the United States remain unanswered, scientists told a workshop at the National Academy's Institute of Medicine in Washington on Monday.
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How Maths Can Help Curb Ebola Epidemic
Swiss researchers have calculated new benchmark figures to precisely describe the Ebola epidemic in West Africa from a mathematical perspective. Their results may help health authorities to contain the epidemic.
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Area of Ebola Risk From Animals Bigger Than Thought: Research
More than 22 million people live in parts of Africa where conditions exist for the Ebola virus to jump from animals to humans, a bigger area than previously thought, researchers said on Monday.
