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Discovery of an Ebola-like virus in Spain

Posted on October 26, 2011 by David Esteban

Fans of Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone will know Ebola virus and Marburg virus as ones that causes their victims to die a horrific death, bleeding from every opening and turning organs into a bloody pulpy mess. Ebola outbreaks … Continue reading →

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New Vaccine Protects Against Ebola Virus

Posted on December 10, 2010 by David Esteban

Contributed by Guest Blogger: S. Goldberg ’14
Ebola Virus (EBOV) is a fairly new infection of the Filoviridae family, that causes Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, or EHF. This infection can often be severe or fatal in humans and primates. Because it would … Continue reading →

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A new host for Ebola

Posted on December 10, 2010 by David Esteban

Contributed by Guest Blogger: S. Brucker ’14
Ebolavirus is a relatively new threat to the living world and therefore still enigmatic to the medical community in many ways. The question of where Ebolavirus strains come from remains unsettled, but they … Continue reading →

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Ebola Virus Entry

Posted on September 20, 2010 by David Esteban

Viruses can enter cells through a variety of different pathways.  Many enter through endocytosis, and there are actually several endocytic pathways: clathrin mediated, caveolin mediated, phago- and pinocytosis, and the rather mysterious “non-clathrin, non-caveolin mediated endocytosis.”
Ebola virus causes a severe … Continue reading →

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