Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known ... Further viral sequencing revealed that the causative agent was a Zaire ebolavirus species, one of five viruses in the genus. To implement prevention ...

Ebola virus is a highly virulent emerging pathogen and a causative agent of viral hemorrhagic fever. 1 Studies of the pathogenesis of Ebola virus infection in humans have indicated that recovery ...

Think of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, which upon infection can result in a person producing gallons of diarrhea. Death is due to dehydration, but not before the patient served as ...

for example Ebola, Zika or COVID-19 — it is important to identify and characterize the causative agent quickly. A new IAEA initiative launched last year helps laboratories around the world to further ...