The Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine Against Ebola (STRIVE) has started recruiting volunteers to test for the effectiveness of the vaccine. About 6,000 healthcare and other frontline workers will be enrolled in STRIVE to receive the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, which uses the vesicular stomatitis virus to carry a non-infectious Zaire ebola virus gene, hopefully … Continue reading STRIVE to Control Ebola
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Sexual Transmission of Ebola: Fact or Fear-Mongering?
The WHO has come out with a message regarding the potential of sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus. In its statement, titled: "Ebola virus in semen of men who have recovered from Ebola virus disease", the WHO has categorically stated that though sexual transmission has not been noted, certain precautions need to be adopted by … Continue reading Sexual Transmission of Ebola: Fact or Fear-Mongering?
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