The case for preventive Ebola vaccination

With habitat destruction plus the heat, drought and other extreme weather brought on by the climate crisis, the animals that carry the virus will migrate, coming into more contact with people. Since the first Ebola outbreaks in 1976, control has relied on the same tools: contact tracing, quarantine...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2023-01, Vol.613 (7945), p.613-613
Main Author: Bosa, Henry Kyobe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal diseases
Animals
Blood
Contact tracing
Coronaviruses
COVID-19 vaccines
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Domestic animals
Drought
Ebola virus
Ebolavirus
Environmental degradation
Epidemics
Extreme weather
Quarantine
Vaccines
Viral diseases
Viruses
Wild animals
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Summary:With habitat destruction plus the heat, drought and other extreme weather brought on by the climate crisis, the animals that carry the virus will migrate, coming into more contact with people. Since the first Ebola outbreaks in 1976, control has relied on the same tools: contact tracing, quarantine of confirmed cases, safe and dignified burials, and lockdowns. Mapping would combine three techniques: testing human blood samples for Ebola, testing blood samples from domestic and wild animals and disease modelling. A full picture of the longevity of vaccine-induced immunity is unknown for Ebola, but existing evidence is relatively encouraging (Z. A. Bornholdt and S. B. Bradfute Lancet Infect.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-023-00184-0