EditorialOpen accessIn the keywordsCURRENT SCENARIO OF THERAPEUTICS FOR EBOLA VIRUS DISEASEML Arvinda Swamy, Madhavan P.N. Nair, Shailendra K. SaxenaCurrently various countries in Africa, including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria, are facing disaster due to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which is primarily caused by Ebola virus. 2014 outbreak of Ebola associated viral haemorrhagic fever has 55-60% fatality rate. The incubation period of Ebola is below 21 days; once the appearance of symptoms starts the person will be infective. As … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 3 Sep 2014 · 7,744 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstract"Ebola Ça Suffit!" is not enough to Prove Efficacy of an Ebola VaccineDavid R CroweA recently published Ebola vaccine trial claimed an almost perfect result with no cases of Ebola after the vaccine had time to take effect - a vaccine efficacy of 100%. This article is a detailed review of the information published about the trial and, particularly, this claim. The trial design was sub-optimal because randomization was only partial (and one treatment … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 8 Jul 2017 · 17,825 accessesView PDFCite