The filoviruses Ebola and Marburg use several different and effective mechanisms to both evade and battle the immune system. This Review explores recent findings in the filovirus–host-defence ...

In March 2019, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published data from a population-based survey conducted by Vinck and colleagues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The study suggests that the ...

KIGAMBONI residents have lauded the Mama Samia Le gal Aid Campaign for helping them overcome legal hurdles that previously seemed impossible to resolve.They described the campaign as a lifeline for ...

Ebola is a threat to public health It seems odd to have to state that Ebola is a public health issue, but it is only fairly recently that the global community began to think about it in this way. It ...

Introduction There has been no systematic comparison of how the policy response to past infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics was funded. This study aims to collate and analyse funding for the ...

Prior to 2014, the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease on record, caused by Sudan ebolavirus, resulted in 425 cases and 224 deaths in Uganda.

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania is refusing to provide detailed information on suspected Ebola cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, a rare public rebuke as the region struggles to contain an ...