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New Ebola Vaccine Gives 100 Percent Protection

• JoeAltmaier 10y ago
  ...against one of 2 strains.
  • toomuchtodo 10y ago
    Oh come on man, credit where credit due. Glass is half full.
  • hackuser 10y ago
    From the article: The Ebola virus has five known subtypes, the most common of which are Ebola-Zaire, the one that caused the West African outbreak, and Ebola-Sudan. Ebola is also related to Marburg virus, which is similarly lethal. An ideal vaccine would protect against all Ebola strains and Marburg. However, Dr. Kieny said, it may not be possible to make a shot effective against several strains if it is based on the VSV spine because VSV triggers a lot of side effects.
• hackuser 10y ago
  From the article: The vaccine, known as rVSV-EBOV, was developed over a decade ago by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the United States Army ... I just want to point out that government / taxpayer funding accomplishes many great things.