Ebola vaccine lessons | Science

Ebola occupies a unique place in popular imagination—universally feared for its high mortality and gruesome clinical presentations, it is often diagnosed only after it has been transmitted from patients to health care workers. The disease was first identified in 1976 at the Yambuku Mission Hospital in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where 280 out of the reported 318 cases resulted in death, a harrowing 88% mortality rate. Six distinct strains of the virus that causes Ebola have been identified: Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Taï Forest (one documented human case), Reston (non-human primates only), and Bombali (bats only).

Source: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aem8493