NIH R01 · 2025
The Protective and Pathologic Features of the EVD Survivor Immune System
In the more than 40 years since the discovery of the Ebola virus (EBOV) there has been an increase in both the frequency, size, and duration of Ebola outbreaks. The 2014-2016 outbreak that devastated West Africa evolved within the span of months into a global humanitarian crisis, infecting over 28,600 people and killing more than 11,300 - eclipsing all previous outbreaks combined. Moreover, in the six years since the end of the West African Ebola epidemic, there have been seven additional outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The recurrence of Ebola in Guinea and the DRC and the detection of the Ebola virus in a bat in Liberia, make it clear that this pathogen is…
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