The Ebola virus (EBOV) is notorious for causing severe hemorrhagic fever in humans, and its matrix protein, VP40, plays a crucial role in the virus's ability to assemble and bud from host cells.

To enter a human cell, an ebolavirus glycoprotein has ... This work can guide future surveillance efforts to identify the host reservoir of Ebola virus and other related viruses.

The stalk is an important part of the Ebola virus structure because it anchors Ebola's glycoprotein structure (which drives entry into a host cell) to Ebola's viral membrane. The team spearheaded ...

New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) reveals the workings of a human antibody called mAb 3A6, which may prove to be an important component for Ebola virus ...

The researchers wrote in the study published in the scientific journal Cell on February 18 ... US scientists highlighted are Ebola and Marburg, SARS, and Nipah virus. These viruses are on ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

The 4-year-old was taken for treatment at four different health facilities before being diagnosed with Ebola, meaning that many of those who have potentially been exposed to the virus are health ...