Ebola virus, being highly pathogenic for humans and non-human primates and the subject of former weapons programmes, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. In addition, the lack of pre ...

As such, research with the virus is highly regulated (and therefore relatively scarce). Viruses are infectious agents with either RNA or DNA as their genetic material. The nucleic acid used by ...

Mortality rates from Ebola outbreaks can be as high as 90%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ...

This genetic material can be either deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA). DNA is a two-strand ... that cause diseases such as Ebola, African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease.

Ebola virus genomic RNA in situ hybridization signal (red chromogen) was detected in a hematoxylin counterstained (blue in circle) eye section of rhesus monkey survivor. Fluorescent detection of ...

A virus is, arguably, the smallest possible living thing. It is a bundle of DNA or RNA bound up in a minuscule core ... there has been a steady stream of known and emerging viruses, including HIV, ...

Ebola is a small virus with a single-strand negative-sense RNA. Four strains have been described ... As discussed by Dr. Nabel, DNA vaccination followed by boost with recombinant adenoviral ...