An introduction to Ebola: the virus and the disease.

the supplement into the categories of clinical observations; In the late 1970s, the international community was again epidemiology and surveillance; ecology and natural history; startled, this time by the discovery of Ebola virus [10] as the virology and pathogenesis; experimental therapy; control, recausative agent of major outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in the sponse, prevention; and conclusions. ‘‘Ebola,’’ however, is not Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [11] and Sudan [12]. just one Ebola: There are 4 distinguishable subtypes, whose International scientific teams that arrived to deal with these phylogenetic tree is shown on page iii of this supplement [1– highly virulent epidemics found that transmission had largely 3]. Because the subtypes, which may even be different virus ceased; however, they could reconstruct considerable data from species, have differing properties, we have grouped the papers the survivors. Medical facilities had been closed because of by the subtype discussed within each subject area. the high death toll among the staff, thus eliminating major