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VOA Broadcast: 5/18/95 Primary sources: The Ebola outbreak in Zaire Hot News / Hot Research: OUTBREAK: Ebola Virus Spreading in Zaire Outbreak: Ebola Virus Spreading in Zaire . Update on the Ebola Virus . A page of links to news stories (Reuters and CDC reports), and sites with relevant information (a tutorial on Ebola) Outbreak Deadly Virus Kills Dozens in Zaire AKRON, Pa. -- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has six workers in Zaire, none based in Kikwit where an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed dozens of people in the past weeks. . Map of Zaire shows location of Kikwit (map's about 256K in size). University of Cape Town Department of Microbiology News and resources Ebola Outbreaks - Updates Ebola Information Your jump-point for the latest information available about the Ebola virus. WHO says world safe from Zaire deadly fever-virus From: J Ownbey Re: Ebola virus outbreak in Africa (10 May 1995) I found this at: News Hope its okay to reprint. PROMED: Ebola ... - Zaire: WHO Press Releases (4 July, 29 June 1995) MCC Grant Assists Zairian Mennonite Brethren Efforts to Prevent Future Virus Epidemics Mennonite Central Committee News Service . June 16, 1995. Kinshasa, Zaire Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever in Gabon Press Release WHO/12 . 19 February 1996 . Diagnosis Confirmed, Three More Persons Died. Scientists working on specimens from nine of the youths hospitalized. Ebola virus kills 10 in Gabon Ebola virus kills 10 in Gabon, February 1996 The text of a report filed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast with the Associated Press Press Releases relating to EMC Press Release WHO/13 23 February 1996 . Control measures instituted in Gabon by the Ministry of Health and an international medical team. Ebola under control in Gabon, February 1996 An outbreak of the deadly ebola virus in the African nation of Gabon appears to be under control, experts say. But it continues to raise intriguing questions about the natural source of the disease. WHO Ebola News Page Ebola Information The latest news on the virus that creates a lethal hemorraghic fever. Could Ebola Zaire Mutate? Could Ebola Zaire mutate into an airborne virus? Doug Cutrell brings up some interesting questions in the following post taken from the Newsgroup bionet.virology Japan sect showed doomsday interest in the Ebola virus Mari Yamaguchi . Wednesday, May 24, 1995 . Tokyo - The doomsday sect accused in the Tokyo subway gas attack was interested in the deadly Ebola virus and included it in a discussion... Ebola in plants??? More on Ebola in plants... EBOLA-READ ME-FAQ-SERVER and Ebola and mosquitoes Ebola -Read Me-FAQ-Server and Ebola and mosquitoes From: Giovanni Maga Biology-related mailing lists Searchable archives some of which have Ebola discussions. bionet.virology Virology Newsgroup on Bionet clari.news.africa Clarinet Newsgroup on Africa sci.med General Medical newsgroup on Usenet |
Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fever:
General Information Ebola Virus General Information (Norway) Ebola virus, generell informasjon . av Karl A. Brokstad og Gunnar Haukenes Innledning - En historisk oversikt - Hvor kommer Ebola virus fra? - Systematikk - Morfologi, struktur Ebola Fever Information The National Institute of Animal Health (Japan) WWW Home Page English version (Japanese version available too: EUC | SJIS | JIS ) Ebola Recommended Reading List "Outbreak of Fear" Newsweek, May 22, 1995. "Viral hemorrhagic fever in southern Sudan and Northern Zaire" by Bowen et al., Lancet, vol. 1, pp 571-573 (1977) and other sources. Don Francis and the Ebola Virus Dr. Donald P. Francis Talks to Teachers About the Ebola Outbreak . He is currently doing research to develop a vaccine for HIV at Genentech, Inc. In February of 1992 he retired ... Emerging and re-emerging viruses: An essay, by Alison Jacobson, Dept of Microbiology, University of Cape Town. Background Paper: Current Seminar nonLU: Virus Replication Essays in Virology Negative-sense RNA viruses Medscape/Infectious Diseases Reemergence of Ebola Virus in Africa Download Article . Members of the family Filoviridae, which currently consists of Ebola and Marburg viruses, cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fevers in humans and nonhuman primates. HOT TOPICS Ebola information from the National Institute of Animal Health (Japan) includes text of news articles on Ebola outbreak in Alice, TX primate colony. Interview with Dr. Sheth Musoke Ebola Interview with Dr. Frederick Murphy CDC Home Page (Center For Disease Control) . Ebola Interview with Dr. Frederick Murphy, one of the first Ebola researchers. Includes some electron-microscope views of the virus and a bibliography. Ebola Interview Dr. Frederick A. Murphy Talks about the Ebola Virus An Interview by Sean Henahan, Access Excellence. How prevalent is filovirus exposure worldwide? By Myles Axton (myles@wi.mit.edu ) . Another useful summary from Myles. He says: "I am an interested biologist but not a specialist virologist... Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses: An Essay New strain of the Ebola virus identified Ivory Coast Ebola could lead to source By Sean Henahan, Access Excellence. A new strain of the Ebola virus has been isolated from the blood of a Swiss zoologist who had performed an autopsy... Ebola Infection Reported By Sean Henahan, Access Excellence . Atlanta - The Center's for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a diagnosis of Ebola virus infection in a Swiss researcher Ebola Strikes the Global Village a paper by Aldo Benini and Janet Bradford . (Hazards Center) The Natural Nidality of Transmissible Diseases Searching for the "McGuffin" . Image source . Author: John Marr, MD, MPH, FACP; New York State Department of Health . Abstract: The natural reservoir, or nidus, for Ebola virus |
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Named for Richard Preston's bestseller, this page covers the topic of emerging viruses and their threat to humanity. Travel Health Information Disaster Information Resource Program Latest US State Dept. advisory on Zaire WHO Press Release and Travel Advice |
Management of Patients
Management of Patients with Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Search the MMWR Back Issues |
Killer Virus - Ebola Home Page
Killer Virus - Ebola . The Ebola virus was named after a river in north Zaire, a country in the middle of Africa. It was first discovered in 1976 in Sudan and Zaire. 'The Ebola Page' by Ornstein Ebola Virus Indra Ebola Page Ebola Page Ebola Virus . Warning- Contaminated Area! The first picture ever taken of the Ebola virus, and as you can see, it's highly detailed. The image is an electron micrograph . Pierre Omidyar's Ebola Page CDC Ebola Page Univ Leicester (Alan Cann) Ebola Virus Ebola virus links on the Web Ebola Page at S. Carolina Univ. |
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