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2018-08-13 / By REACTing

Prevention of Ebola virus disease through vaccination: where we are in 2018

In 2016, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone succeeded in interrupting the longest epidemic of Ebola virus disease in global history. However, the risk of re-emergence of Ebola virus disease is real, as shown by the 2017 and 2018 outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Consequently, along with other public health measures, efforts to develop an effective vaccine against Ebola virus disease must continue.

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