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Weekly update on Ebola Virus Disease | ReliefWeb

On: September 17, 2018

In: Biological Threats, Ebola, Emerging Diseases

Case count is now 140 with 94 deaths. In-country surveillance and at 6 frontiers (Nimule, Juba International Airport, Yambio Airport, Wau Airport, Gangura, and Sakure) is ongoing. There are plans to open 8 additional border screening points based on the risk of EVD importation from DR Congo. For the full reportContinue Reading

Marburg virus: Army scientists shed light on the mechanism of sexual transmission

By: Sharon

On: August 31, 2018

In: Biological Threats, Ebola, Emerging Diseases

This aspect of filovirus (like Ebola and Marburg) transmission isn’t often discussed, but it’s time researchers paid close attention to it; particularly as recent evidence indicates that these viruses can hide in the body for as long as two years after recovery. Read more at http://outbreaknewstoday.com/marburg-virus-army-scientists-shed-light-mechanism-sexual-transmission-18195/Continue Reading

WHO identifies critical window for curbing DRC Ebola spread

By: Sharon

On: August 30, 2018

In: Biological Threats, Ebola, Emerging Diseases

Odd. Despite the phrase ‘critical window’, WHO has okayed the start of the school year in the affected region, which means lots of people and children gathering in small rooms. One new Ebola infection has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) latest outbreak, as a topContinue Reading