Now, monkeys could escape from Ebola virus...

There is currently no antiviral therapy or preventive
vaccine for the highly pathogenic Ebola virus, which
causes haemorrhage and death in upto 90% of infected
persons in some outbreaks.

New Vaccine Against Ebola Virus Protects Monkeys.

Previous research findings demonstrated the vaccine
against Ebola challenge in guinea pigs and mice, which led
researchers in National Institute of Health - Maryland, to
employ a similar approach in non-human primates.

Scientists say that, there's still some way to go before a
human vaccine is available but this is a step in the right
direction.

This vaccine strategy may also have broader applicability.
The general approach to vaccination, a DNA immunization
followed by adenovirus boosting, is a highly effective way
to boost immunity to otherwise deadly viruses and this
approach may also be applied to other infectious diseases
that have high impact on human health, such as AIDS,
Malaria, or TB.

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