The Ebola virus, which under a microscope resembles spaghetti, is thought to come from a fruit bat bite. There are five types of the virus, and four of them can make humans severely ill.

On Oct. 13, 1976, exactly 38 years ago Monday, Frederick A. Murphy, a CDC virologist and expert in photographing viruses peered into a microscope and saw what he describes today as a “dark ...

One of these, A82V, looked like it was especially important, because it affected small molecules called glycoproteins on the virus’s surface. If you look at Ebola under a microscope, you’ll ...

The best way to describe the reaction to an outbreak of Ebola virus was penned by Dr. C.J. Peters in his book, Virus Hunter. Known as “the pucker factor,” it consists of “…an uncomfortable ...

With the spotlight on Ebola during the last month, a focus also is shifting to the people at the frontlines caring for those patients. Ebola is a deadly virus that has devastated five African ...

Americans' introduction to the Ebola virus came 25 years ago in an ... Though its appearance under a microscope is similar to the ... Ebola-Reston returned to the U.S. in 1996 in monkeys in ...

The Ebola virus that's causing the devastating outbreak in West Africa didn't even have a name just 38 years ago when it first surfaced and caused a mysterious illness among villagers in Zaire ...

The Ebola virus can hide in the brains of monkeys that have recovered after medical treatment without causing symptoms and lead to recurrent infections, according to a study by a team I led that ...

"The scanning electron microscope in microbiology and diagnosis of infectious disease." Scientific Reports 6 , Article number: 26516. Published online: 23-May-2016. doi:10.1038/srep26516 ...

The Ebola virus that's causing the devastating outbreak in West Africa didn't even have a name just 38 years ago when it first surfaced and caused a mysterious illness among villagers in Zaire ...

Ebola virus polymerase is already known as a hard-working protein—all Ebola viral proteins have to be. Ebola virus is a highly efficient pathogen because it gets by with just seven genes (humans ...

Americans' introduction to the Ebola virus came 25 years ago in an office park near Washington Dulles International Airport, ... Though its appearance under a microscope is similar to the Zaire ...