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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola mystery may be solved

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:58:50 GMT

Globe and Mail [Nature] - A team of scientists may have cracked the mystery of the reservoir or source of the deadly Ebola virus, finding evidence of the virus in three species of fruit bats in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.

BBC - Fruit bats may carry Ebola virus

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Angola declares worst Marburg outbreak over

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:48:26 GMT

CIDRAP - After a harrowing year of trying to stop the spread of the lethal Marburg virus, Angola has declared itself free of Marburg hemorrhagic fever.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola's Dogged Enemies

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:20:26 GMT

Washington Post - A look at the quest to develop a vaccine for Ebola at Fort Detrick.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Mysterious deaths: Ex-soldier links horses' malady in 1976 to his poor health

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:13:58 GMT

Deseret News - 50 horses died mysteriously in Utah in 1976. US Army sources claim thirst as the cause of death, but autopsies showed changes similar to those caused by viral equine encephalitis.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - WHO lowers reported Marburg toll in Angola

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:48:10 GMT

CIDRAP - The latest report from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic in Angola gives significantly lower numbers of cases and deaths than previous reports.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Lassa fever vaccine shows promise

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:45:22 GMT

BBC [PLoS Medicine] - Scientists have developed a promising vaccine for the potentially lethal disease Lassa fever.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola outbreak ebbs, Marburg lingers

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 07:22:19 GMT

CIDRAP - Efforts to contain an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever appear to be succeeding in the Republic of the Congo, but the longer-running Marburg fever outbreak in Angola is still claiming victims, according to the World Health Organization.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola, Marburg vaccine 'success'

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 09:21:39 GMT

BBC [Nature Medicine] - The first vaccine to protect monkeys against Ebola and Marburg viruses has been developed by scientists from Canada, the United States and France.

More from the New York Times - New Vaccines Prevent Ebola and Marburg in Monkeys.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola outbreak confirmed in Congo

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 19 May 2005 10:09:07 GMT

BBC - Tests have confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola-like outbreak reported in Congo Republic

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Tue, 17 May 2005 10:02:22 GMT

CIDRAP - Nine people have died in the Republic of Congo from a hemorrhagic disease that authorities are describing as "Ebola-like," and at least another 52 people who had contact with the victims are being monitored.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Diary from Angola's virus frontline

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 01 May 2005 10:56:35 GMT

BBC - Zoe Young of the medical NGO, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), is keeping a web diary for the BBC News Website from Angola as she helps with the emergency response to an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus. The diary is in three parts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Mysterious Viruses as Bad as They Get

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:31:07 GMT

New York Times - Another look at the Marburg virus.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Angola virus at 'critical stage'

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:13:20 GMT

BBC - Angola is at a critical stage in its fight against an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, the World Health Organization says.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - 'Hot Zone II'?

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:23:59 GMT

Newsweek - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talks about the Marburg virus.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Stalking a Deadly Virus, Battling a Town's Fears

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:32:25 GMT

New York Times - For nearly four weeks, teams of health experts have been trying to set up a rescue operation in this town of windowless, crumbling buildings with no running water, intermittent electricity, poor sanitation and a perennially jammed telephone network. They are trying to contain the worst outbreak of one of the world's most frightening viruses, known as Marburg. But with the death toll rising every day, no one is predicting success soon.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Superstitions fuel the spread of killer virus

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:54:57 GMT

Daily Telegraph - A look at the reasons why the Marburg virus is spreading in Angola.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Researchers discover how Ebola virus infects cells

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:23:13 GMT

Medical News Today [Science] - Ebola virus reproduction in laboratory-grown cells is severely hampered by enzyme-inhibiting chemicals, and these chemicals deserve further study as possible treatments for Ebola virus infections in humans.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - A Daunting Search: Tracking a Deadly Virus in Angola

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:38:45 GMT

New York Times - The international health experts who have descended on Angola say they cannot pinpoint exactly when the largest outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus began.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - To Contain Virus in Angola, Group Wants Hospital Closed

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:38:07 GMT

New York Times - The latest on the Marburg outbreak in Angola.

More from New York Times - Health Workers Race to Block Deadly Virus in Angolan Town.

More from New York Times - Training Is First Task in Angola Outbreak.

More from Associated Press - Medics back in Angola after attack.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Marburg outbreak worst recorded

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:22:26 GMT

BBC - The Marburg virus, the Ebola-like bug, has claimed nine more victims in Angola this week making it now the worst ever recorded, health officials say.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Marburg vs. Ebola …

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:31:44 GMT

Slate - More than 100 people in Angola have died so far in an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, a close relative of Ebola. If you have to fall sick with a viral hemorrhagic fever from the Marburg-Ebola family, which one should you choose?

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola-like virus death toll rises

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:42:44 GMT

BBC - People have been warned against travel to Angola after the death toll from the Ebola-like Marburg bug rose to 121.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Marburg virus blamed in lethal Angolan outbreak

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:40:06 GMT

CIDRAP - Laboratory tests have shown Marburg virus to be the cause of a hemorrhagic fever outbreak in northern Angola.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Mysterious hemorrhagic fever in Angola has killed 39

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:51:13 GMT

CIDRAP - An unidentified hemorrhagic fever appears to be targeting children younger than 5 in an outbreak in the African country of Angola.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Lassa fever case found in New Jersey

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 11:49:42 GMT

CIDRAP [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report] - The first US case of Lassa fever since 1989 is a reminder that physicians need to consider exotic diseases when making diagnoses, noted the Oct 1 edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Sudan over

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:20:12 GMT

CIDRAP - The recent Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Sudan has ended after 17 cases with seven deaths, signaling a remarkably successful containment effort, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola haemorrhagic fever in south Sudan - update 5

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:52:41 GMT

WHO - As of 10 June 2004, the health authorities of Yambio County have reported a total of 30 cases, including 7 deaths of Ebola haemorrhagic fever (case fatality, 23%) in Yambio, Western Equatoria, south Sudan.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Ebola virus kills four in Sudan

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Tue, 25 May 2004 11:51:59 GMT

BBC - Health officials are investigating a new outbreak of the Ebola virus that has killed four people in Sudan.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Russian Scientist Dies in Ebola Accident at Former Weapons Lab

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Tue, 25 May 2004 11:50:58 GMT

New York Times - A Russian scientist at a former Soviet biological weapons laboratory in Siberia has died after accidentally sticking herself with a needle laced with ebola.

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - New Approaches Speed Ebola Vaccine Development

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:36:49 GMT

Genome News Network - The first clinical trial to test an Ebola vaccine in humans is halfway complete, and researchers are seeking additional volunteers to begin the final phase. At the same time, researchers are pursuing two very different new vaccines that may prove more useful in outbreak situations.