The first
major outbreak of the virus happened in 2004 and it continues to make an appearance throughout the country in varying degrees.
Not exact matches
This suggests that a greater understanding
of the mechanisms that drive inter-pandemic influenza epidemics may increase our capacity to predict the timing
of major outbreaks associated with novel pandemic influenza
viruses in the future.
For example, the most advanced therapy — ZMappTM, a cocktail
of three monoclonal antibodies — is specific for Ebola
virus (formerly known as «Ebola Zaire»), but doesn't work against two related ebolaviruses (Sudan
virus and Bundibugyo
virus) that have also caused
major outbreaks.
Sexual transmission
of the Ebola
virus could have a
major impact on the dynamics
of the disease, potentially reigniting an
outbreak that has been contained by public health interventions, according to research by University
of Georgia ecologists just published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
Guided by published data on
virus and mosquito vital rates, the model indicates that
outbreaks can plausibly occur in
major cities in the eastern United States, with hundreds
of potential victims in localized areas, under conditions that are not atypical.
Athens, Ga. — Sexual transmission
of the Ebola
virus could have a
major impact on the dynamics
of the disease, potentially reigniting an
outbreak that has been contained by public health interventions, according to research by University
of Georgia ecologists just published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) is a
Major that is given the task
of going over the quarantine zone years after the
virus has been «contained» and after another
outbreak starts again.
I had the rather unlucky situation
of being there at essentially «Ground Zero» for the
major outbreak of Canine Influenza
Virus (CIV) in the spring
of 2015.