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Article: Novel Vaccine Protects Monkeys from Deadly Infection.(Ebola virus)(Brief Article)
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- Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA
- Article date:
- December 24, 2000
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2000 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Few viruses are more feared than Ebola virus, the deadly microbe that periodically attacks African villages and kills up to 90% of those it infects. Although other viral diseases claim more lives each year, the ruthless efficiency and nightmarish symptoms of Ebola virus make a vaccine against this killer an important goal of scientists.
Now, as described in the November 30, 2000, issue of Nature, a team of researchers led by scientists from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a novel vaccine that prevents Ebola virus infection in monkeys. All four vaccinated monkeys were completely protected from a ...