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Ebola Virus: Origin, Transmission, And Impact 10 Years After Outbreak
The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.
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What Is Marburg Disease? Know Symptoms, Transmissions Rate And Treatment Options For This Ebola-Like Virus
Marburg virus: Equatorial Guinea, Africa has logged 16 suspected cases of Marburg virus which belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus.
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Guinea Declared Free Of Active Ebola Transmission: WHO
Guinea has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission, the World Health Organisation said today, the second such declaration from the country at the epicenter of the world's worst outbreak of the disease.
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Ebola Outbreak In Guinea Is Over: World Health Organisation
The UN's health agency today declared Guinea's Ebola outbreak over two years after it emerged, spreading death across west Africa and pushing the region's worst-hit communities to the brink of collapse.
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Ebola: Profile Of A Prolific Killer
The worst outbreak of Ebola started in December 2013 in southern Guinea before spreading to two neighbouring west African countries. It has killed more than 11,300 people, out of 29,000 registered cases, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.
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First Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus Case Comes to Light
Using genomic analysis, researchers have found that a woman in Liberia contracted the deadly Ebola virus early this year after having sexual intercourse with a male survivor of the disease.
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Experts Denounce WHO's Slow Ebola Response
A UN-sponsored independent report by experts on Monday denounced the World Health Organization's slow response to the Ebola crisis.
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Guinea President Announces New Emergency Measures in Ebola Fight
Guinea's President Alpha Conde announced on Saturday new emergency measures enabling authorities to restrict movements in western Guinea where Ebola transmission continues a year after the epidemic was declared.
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Ebola Transmission 'Intense' in Sierra Leone: World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization says the transmission of Ebola remains "intense" and widespread in Sierra Leone, even as some improvements are being seen in the two other countries worst hit by the crisis.
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Ebola Spreading Intensely in Sierra Leone as Toll Rises: WHO
The toll in the Ebola epidemic has risen to 5,420 deaths out of 15,145 cases in eight countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, with transmission of the deadly virus still "intense and widespread" in Sierra Leone.
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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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Four Hospitalised in Spain After First Ebola Transmission Outside Africa
Four people have been hospitalised in Spain to try to stem the spread of Ebola after a Spanish nurse became the first person in the world known to have contracted the virus outside of Africa, health authorities said on Tuesday.
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Spain Places Husband of Ebola Nurse in Quarantine
Spain has placed in quarantine the husband of a Spanish nurse who has tested positive for the Ebola virus in the first known transmission outside West Africa.
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EU Demands Explanation From Spain on Ebola Case
The EU said Tuesday it has asked Spain to explain how a nurse treating Ebola patients in Madrid contracted the deadly disease, the first known case of transmission outside Africa.
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Ebola Virus: Origin, Transmission, And Impact 10 Years After Outbreak
The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.
-
What Is Marburg Disease? Know Symptoms, Transmissions Rate And Treatment Options For This Ebola-Like Virus
Marburg virus: Equatorial Guinea, Africa has logged 16 suspected cases of Marburg virus which belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus.
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Guinea Declared Free Of Active Ebola Transmission: WHO
Guinea has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission, the World Health Organisation said today, the second such declaration from the country at the epicenter of the world's worst outbreak of the disease.
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Ebola Outbreak In Guinea Is Over: World Health Organisation
The UN's health agency today declared Guinea's Ebola outbreak over two years after it emerged, spreading death across west Africa and pushing the region's worst-hit communities to the brink of collapse.
-
Ebola: Profile Of A Prolific Killer
The worst outbreak of Ebola started in December 2013 in southern Guinea before spreading to two neighbouring west African countries. It has killed more than 11,300 people, out of 29,000 registered cases, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.
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First Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus Case Comes to Light
Using genomic analysis, researchers have found that a woman in Liberia contracted the deadly Ebola virus early this year after having sexual intercourse with a male survivor of the disease.
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Experts Denounce WHO's Slow Ebola Response
A UN-sponsored independent report by experts on Monday denounced the World Health Organization's slow response to the Ebola crisis.
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Guinea President Announces New Emergency Measures in Ebola Fight
Guinea's President Alpha Conde announced on Saturday new emergency measures enabling authorities to restrict movements in western Guinea where Ebola transmission continues a year after the epidemic was declared.
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Ebola Transmission 'Intense' in Sierra Leone: World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization says the transmission of Ebola remains "intense" and widespread in Sierra Leone, even as some improvements are being seen in the two other countries worst hit by the crisis.
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Ebola Spreading Intensely in Sierra Leone as Toll Rises: WHO
The toll in the Ebola epidemic has risen to 5,420 deaths out of 15,145 cases in eight countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, with transmission of the deadly virus still "intense and widespread" in Sierra Leone.
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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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Four Hospitalised in Spain After First Ebola Transmission Outside Africa
Four people have been hospitalised in Spain to try to stem the spread of Ebola after a Spanish nurse became the first person in the world known to have contracted the virus outside of Africa, health authorities said on Tuesday.
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Spain Places Husband of Ebola Nurse in Quarantine
Spain has placed in quarantine the husband of a Spanish nurse who has tested positive for the Ebola virus in the first known transmission outside West Africa.
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EU Demands Explanation From Spain on Ebola Case
The EU said Tuesday it has asked Spain to explain how a nurse treating Ebola patients in Madrid contracted the deadly disease, the first known case of transmission outside Africa.
