Vaccine protects macaques from the West African Ebola virus [PreClinical]
1. An Ebola vaccine candidate (VSV-EBOV) conferred protection from the 2014/15 West African Ebola virus strain (EBOV-Makona) in macaques when ...
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rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine highly effective and safe in trials conducted in Guinea
1. Interim results from an open-label cluster-randomized trial of the novel rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola virus vaccine showed 100% vaccine efficacy in ...
Ebola virus rapid diagnostic test kit shows promise in point-of-care testing
1. The ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test kit, which detects the Ebola virus VP40 matrix protein antigen, had 100% specificity and ...
Disruption of malaria treatment due to Ebola may increase malaria mortality
1. This modeling study showed that if malaria care were to have ceased as a result of the Ebola epidemic, ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind April 6 – April 12, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Age ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 28 – April 5, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Cell-free ...
Ebola virus vaccine based on 2014 epidemic strain shown to be safe and immunogenic
1. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1 trial testing a new Ebola virus vaccine specific to the 2014 Zaire Guinea ...
VZVΔG-ZEBOV vaccine may be effective in preventing Ebola virus infection
1. In this report of a 44-year-old male exposed to Ebola virus through a needle stick in Sierra Leone, vaccination ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 29, 2014 – January 4, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Improved ...
Ebola and Marburg vaccines safe and well tolerated in Phase 1b trial in Uganda
1. The Ebola and Marburg vaccines were shown to be safe and well tolerated when given as part of a ...
