GuyGadebois wrote:izentrop wrote:Fortunately a vaccine was quickly developed against Ebola. https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/cette-y ... irus-ebola and helped to stem the epidemicno offense to Janic.
Not really:
Ebola is still raging in the DRC, one year after the outbreak began.
Despite coordinated efforts and an effective vaccine, the fight against the deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is still not enough to stop the epidemic.
https://www.nationalgeographic.fr/scien ... -lepidemie
Ebola epidemic in the DRC: the course of 2 000 dead is crossed. Fortunately the vaccine ...
One hope, however:
The drugs, called REGN-EB3 and mAb114, work by attacking the Ebola virus with antibodies, neutralizing its impact on human cells.
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which co-sponsored the trial, said the results are "very good news" for the fight against Ebola.
These are the "first drugs which, in a scientifically-based study, clearly showed a significant decrease in mortality" in Ebola patients, said Dr Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID.
REGN-EB3 and mAb114 were developed from antibodies taken from Ebola survivors.
The disease that has already hit the Democratic Republic of Congo before, has made more than 1.800 people during the last resurgence in progress.
Two other treatments, called ZMapp and Remdesivir, were removed from the trials because they were less effective.
https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-49329983