Targeting Ebola

International Congress on Targeting Ebola

The International Congress on Targeting Ebola 2015 was held on 28–29 May 2015 at the Pasteur Institute in Paris (www.targetingebola.com). The meeting was organised in partnership with the COPED of the French Academy of Sciences, the French Task Force Group for Ebola, the Pasteur Institute and the Task Force for Infectious Diseases. Publication of a summary of the meeting by the organisers is an...

Repurposed Therapeutic Agents Targeting the Ebola Virus: A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND The Ebola virus has been responsible for numerous outbreaks since the 1970s, with the most recent outbreak taking place between 2014 and 2016 and causing an international public health emergency. Ebola virus disease (EVD) has a high mortality rate and no approved targeted treatment exists to date. A number of established drugs are being considered as potential therapeutic agents for ...

Using the Untested Ebola Drug in Ebola Affected Patients: An Ethical Dilemma

Ebola Infection and Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is the common endocrine problem that affects millions of world population. The disease can be seen in every country around the world. It is recorded as one of the most common noninfectious disease at present. In the era of the new emerging diseases, the concern on the effect of new diseases on diabetes should be discussed. For example, in the case of new emerging zoonotic infl...

Ebola Treatment and Prevention are not the only Battles: Understanding Ebola-related Fear and Stigma