Jan. 3, 2024 — Researchers have determined how Eastern equine encephalitis virus attaches to a receptor it uses to enter and infect cells. The findings laid the groundwork for a receptor decoy ...

A recent study estimates if ASFV reached the United States it could result in economic losses exceeding $50 billion over a ten-year period.

Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have developed a reverse genetics system for ...

Healthy pigs at ILRI's Clinical Research Facility. Image courtesy ILRI. An electron micrograph of an African swine fever virus particle ...

Jamaican fruit bats support disseminated infection of Ebola but not Marburg virus. The differences in infection dynamics are partially attributable to Marburg’s less efficient entry and impaired ...

Five years ago the country's first national lockdown began. Now, as Ebola, Mpox and bird flu are deemed 'high risk', experts ...

Atravel advisory has been issued mandating that travellers have their body temperature checked at all points of entry ...

A decade after the worst of the virus’ 40 outbreaks killed 11,300 people, individuals who still bear its physical and mental ...

News Analysis — Uganda's Ministry of Health together with its partners, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office ...

Ebola is deadlier, with a fatality rate of about 50%. In comparison, about 1% of people with Lassa virus will die.

Skin ulcers are crater-like, open wounds on the skin. Ulcers are roughly circular with a raw center. They often have thick and raised outer borders and may leak clear fluid, blood, or pus. Skin ulcers ...

SCIENTISTS have found a pill that offers ‘100 per cent protection’ against Ebola – sparking hopes of eradicating the deadly ...