New Strain of Ebola Virus found

Electron micrograph of Ebola Zaire virus

An Ebola outbreak in Uganda in 2007 - Scientists said Friday an outbreak of Ebola that killed 37 people in Uganda last year was sparked by a hitherto unknown species of one of the world's most notorious viruses.

Bioprofile of the Ebolavirus

• Characteristic thread-like structure of a filovirus
• Biosafety Level 4 agent (no approved vaccine/treatment available)
  
• Four known strains
  • Bundibugyo ebolavirus
  • Ivory Coast ebolavirus
  • Sudan ebolavirus
  • Reston ebolavirus
  • Zaïre ebolavirus
• Causes Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever
• Recent outbreaks
  
  • August 30, 2007, 103 people (100 adults and three children) were infected by a suspected hemorrhagic fever outbreak in the village of Kampungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
  • November 30, 2007, the Uganda Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in the Bundibugyo District
  
  

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New Strain of Ebola Virus Found