New Antibody Shows Promise Against Sudan Strain Of Ebola

Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 05:20 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have developed a potential antibody therapy for Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV), one of the two most lethal strains of Ebola.  Sudan ebolavirus was first identified in 1976 and has caused numerous Ebola outbreaks (most recently in 2012) that have killed more than 400 people in total.   A different strain, the Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV), is now devastating West Africa. read more

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