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New Ebola Species is Reported for First Time in a Decade

Sat, 2018-07-28 14:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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Doctors: Woman Likely Spread Ebola a Year After Infection

Wed, 2018-07-25 12:34 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

CLICK HERE - STUDY - The Lancet - Persistence of Ebola virus after the end of widespread transmission in Liberia: an outbreak report

apnews.com - by Maria Cheng - July 23, 2018

A Liberian woman who probably caught Ebola in 2014 may have infected three relatives a year after she first fell sick, doctors reported in a study published Monday.

There have been previous instances of men spreading Ebola to women via sexual transmission — the virus can survive in semen for more than a year — but the new case is the first time scientists have suggested that Ebola was spread from a woman after such a prolonged period.

The rare possibility of Ebola spreading long after infection highlights the importance of monitoring survivors, especially with the imminent end of the most recent flare-up of the disease in Congo.

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Community Resilience in the Context of the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Liberia

Wed, 2018-06-13 13:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

           

Two women walk in front of a billboard, which says "Ebola must go. Stopping Ebola is Everybody's Business" in Monrovia, Liberia - 15 January 2015 - Photo: UNMIL/Emmanuel Tobey

futurehealthsystems.org - by Sehwah Sonkarlay - June 12, 2018

 . . . The ‘Understanding and Strengthening Community Resilience in Liberia’ meeting, which took place from 28th February – 1st March, was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Health, research organisations, and community members. Its aim was to understand the experience of Liberia in identifying and building resilience at the community level in the context of the recent Ebola epidemic, combined with its post-war and unique sociopolitical history.

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Here's Where Ebola Could Spread Based on Flight Patterns

Sat, 2018-05-26 13:45 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

CLICK HERE - EcoHealth Alliance - Ebola Spreads To Major Congo Transportation Hub, Will It Spread Further?

cnbc.com - by Angelica LaVito - May 25, 2018

An Ebola outbreak is emerging in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a nonprofit that studies infectious diseases identified where it could spread based on flight patterns. . .

. . . EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that studies outbreaks, used software to identify where Ebola could spread through infected passengers. The system used flight patterns from the airports in Mbandaka, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, those nearest to Bikoro, where the outbreak started.

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ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLE HERE - Where could Ebola spread?

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New Ebola Outbreak Declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wed, 2018-05-09 13:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                                             

who.int - May 8, 2018

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Bikoro in Equateur Province today (8 May). The outbreak declaration occurred after laboratory results confirmed two cases of EVD.

The Ministry of Health of Democratic of the Congo (DRC) informed WHO that two out of five samples collected from five patients tested positive for EVD at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) in Kinshasa. More specimens are being collected for testing.

 
 
 
 
 
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Zika - News

Thu, 2018-03-22 15:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

An expanding list of news resources on Zika virus . . .

CLICK HERE - CDC - Zika Virus - Case Counts in the US

CLICK HERE - DAILY ZIKA UPDATES - Florida Department of Health

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of State Health Services - Zika in Texas - http://www.texaszika.org

CLICK HERE - Zika circulates among wild animals in the Americas, making eradication nearly impossible - November 1, 2018

CLICK HERE - Zika Linked to a Spike in Birth Defects in the U.S. - January 26, 2018

CLICK HERE - Researchers identified three new mosquito carriers of Zika virus in Mexico and say all three are potential vectors of the disease - January 16, 2018

CLICK HERE - U.S. Study Sheds Light on How Zika Causes Nerve Disorder - December 13, 2017

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Zika - Information, FAQs and Research

Thu, 2018-03-22 15:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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An expanding list of information resources on Zika virus . . .

CDC - Zika Virus - Case Counts in the US
https://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/united-states.html

CDC - Zika Virus - Timeline of "What's New"
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/whats-new.html

CDC Newsroom Releases
http://www.cdc.gov/media/archives.htm

Ebola Had Significant Collateral Damage to Liberians' Health

Sat, 2018-02-24 14:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

A mural announces anti-Ebola sentiment outside a business in Harper, Liberia.  Brad Wagenaar

CLICK HERE - STUDY - The 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak and primary healthcare delivery in Liberia: Time-series analyses for 2010–2016

After the 2014 outbreak, the population's needs were often unmet in terms of primary care, mother-child health, and immmunizations.

newsroom.uw.edu - by Ashlie Chandler - February 20, 2018

The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa rapidly became the deadliest occurrence of the disease — claiming 4,809 lives in Liberia alone.  Now new research from the University of Washington suggests Ebola's collateral effects on that nation's health system likely caused more deaths than Ebola did directly.

The study, published today in PLOS Medicine, found that it only took four months for Liberia to lose between 35 percent and 67 percent of primary health care services after the  Ebola outbreak began.

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Forty Years Later, Ebola Survivors are Still Making Antibodies to the Lethal Virus

Sun, 2017-12-31 02:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Lab technician and Ebola survivor Sukato Mandzomba (front) worked with Peter Piot (back) in 1976 and again in 2016.  Heidi Larson

CLICK HERE - STUDY - Ebola Virus Neutralizing Antibodies Detectable in Survivors of theYambuku, Zaire Outbreak 40 Years after Infection

sciencemag.org - by Jon Cohen - December 14, 2017

Forty years after the first documented Ebola outbreak, some of the survivors still have antibodies against the virus, a new study reveals. The find bolsters the widely held assumption that Ebola survivors remain immune to the virus for life. The work may also help guide development of new medicines and clarify the long-term health consequences of an Ebola infection.

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Where Does the Ebola Virus Hide Between Outbreaks?

Fri, 2017-11-03 13:24 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Photo by Steve Babuljak

ucsf.edu - by Samantha Ancona Esselmann, Samantha Hindle and Ben Mansky - October 24, 2017

Joe DeRisi, PhD, is a master detective of infectious diseases. No matter how obscure or complex, he says he’ll take on the challenge because “it could lead to new biology that we wouldn’t have discovered otherwise.”

That's precisely what happened when he stumbled on a clue to cracking the decades-long search for the place – or creature – where the Ebola virus hides between deadly outbreaks. . . .

 . . . In 2009, DeRisi began studying an incurable disease that was killing reptiles raised in captivity, a disease that caused strange neurological symptoms ranging from vomiting to uncontrollable contortions. They found the culprit – a previously undescribed arenavirus – and uncovered something surprising: the Arenavirus’s glycoprotein, a viral “access badge” to the secure insides of a cell, actually belonged to the Ebola virus.

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