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Article: Ebola virus-like particles protect from lethal Ebola virus infection.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- March 8, 2004
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2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ebola virus-like particles protected against lethal Ebola virus infection.
According to recent research from the United States, "The filovirus Ebola causes hemorrhagic fever with 70-80% human mortality. High case-fatality rates, as well as known aerosol infectivity, make Ebola virus a potential global health threat and possible biological warfare agent."
"Development of an effective vaccine for use in natural outbreaks, response to biological attack, and protection of laboratory workers is a higher national priority than ever before," said Kelly L. Warfield and collaborators at the United States Army Medical ...