A new study at Texas Biomedical Research Institute is shedding light on the role of specific proteins that trigger a
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Team finds potent antibodies against three Ebola viruses
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues are a step closer to developing a broadly effective antibody treatment
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Eradicating peste des petits ruminants is an ambitious objective that is neveretheless looking increasingly realistic, notably thanks to a targeted
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Irene Mboyo Mola spent 11 days caring for her husband as he died of Ebola in a hospital where she
Continue reading »Cattle may spread leptospirosis in Africa, study suggests
The bacterial infection leptospirosis is increasingly recognized as an important cause of fever in Africa. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS
Continue reading »Ebola toll in DR Congo rises to 27
Two more people have died of Ebola in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the toll to 27 in nearly
Continue reading »Impact of dengue virus on Ethiopia
Dengue, a mosquito-borne RNA virus, is one of the most serious and rapidly spreading arboviral diseases in the world. Now,
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Continue reading »Reconstructing Zika’s spread
The urgent threat from Zika virus, which dominated news headlines in the spring and summer of 2016, has passed for
Continue reading »NIH begins testing Ebola treatment in early-stage trial
A first-in-human trial evaluating an experimental treatment for Ebola virus disease has begun at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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