Both weakened vaccines have features of the Mayinga strain of Ebola virus, as do most other candidate Ebola Zaire vaccines currently under evaluation. The original 1976 Mayinga strain and the new ...

Challenge with a lethal dose of the highly pathogenic, wild-type, 1976 Mayinga strain of Ebola Zaire virus resulted in uniform infection in controls, who progressed to a moribund state and death ...

The Makona strain of Ebola virus circulating in West Africa for the past year takes roughly two days longer to cause terminal disease in an animal model compared to the original 1976 Mayinga ...

Nature - The first vaccine to protect primates from Ebola virus offers hope for a human version, Valerie Depraetere reports. . Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com.

From the November 30, 1976 New York Times: The virus responsible for the recent epidemic of green monkey fever that claimed several hundred lives will be known as the Ebola Virus, after a river in ...

The Makona strain of Ebola virus circulating in West Africa for the past year takes roughly two days longer to cause terminal disease in an animal model compared to the original 1976 Mayinga ...

In the largest Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there were 28,616 cases of Ebola virus disease and 11,310 deaths, for a death rate of 39.5% (low compared to historic death rates for Ebola Zaire).

In 2019, Uganda experienced an outbreak of Ebola Zaire. The virus was imported from neighbouring Congo which was battling a large epidemic in its northeastern region.

Uganda initiates Ebola trial after a nurse’s death from the virus. Published On 4 Feb 2025 4 Feb 2025 Uganda battles new Ebola outbreak — and a vaccine hesitancy crisis ...

A general view of a newly installed Ebola Treatment Unit, with 32 beds, also to be used as a research center for Ebola strains and vaccine trial, in Kampala, Uganda, December 9, 2022.

Ebola virus FLICKR, NIAID The Makona strain of Ebola virus that caused the recent outbreak in West Africa, killing more than 11,000 people and sickening even more, is apparently less virulent than the ...

A handful of ecologists knew for years that West Africa was at risk for an Ebola outbreak. Now they're figuring out where else in the world the virus could be hiding. Many signs point to Asia.