The global risk from the threat of the Ebola virus increases if it spreads to countries with poor public health systems. It continues to wreak havoc in West Africa and fears are growing that the virus will spread around the world. Now, a new research published in the magazine "The Lancet", explains that if there are no inspections of travelers at airports, each month three infected with Ebola will continue to fly.
One of the big problems with Ebola is that its symptoms are very similar to those of other diseases. A new test developed by researchers from the University of Nagasaki and the Eikin company promises to detect Ebola in just half an hour, which could radically change the strategy in order to slow down its global advance.
The search for an effective treatment or vaccine against the Ebola virus, as it continues to spread throughout West Africa, has become the goal of many laboratories. So far, all that has been achieved has been limited to palliative and barrier care methods to prevent disease transmission.
The virus is devastating West Africa and spreading worldwide panic over the high number of deaths it is causing, the deadliest outbreak yet. It affects four countries (Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea Conakry) and is still uncontrolled. We spoke with the heads of Doctors Without Borders at the epicenter of the problem.
A team of scientists has designed a vaccine against Ebola that achieves 80 percent protection in mice exposed to the virus. The results of this trial have been published in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and open the door to the development of a vaccine that can be used in humans.
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