Special CollectionThe Ebola Epidemic

Given the current outbreak, unprecedented in terms of number of people killed and rapid geographic spread, Science and Science Translational Medicine have made this collection of research and news articles on the viral disease freely available to researchers and the general public.
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#Ebola Must Reads
Science reporters have highlighted these top stories from their coverage as must reads:
- Ebola vaccine tests needlessly delayed, researchers claim
- Testing new Ebola tests
- U.S. declares war on Ebola epidemic
- Ebola vaccine: Little and late
- Ebola: 'Wow, that is really tough'
- How deadly is Ebola? Statistical challenges may be inflating survival rate
- Ebola's heavy toll on study authors
- Tough choices ahead in Ebola vaccine trials
Ebola survivors fight back in plasma studies
Liberia’s Ebola epidemic ends
In Guinea, a long, difficult road to zero Ebola cases
Second Ebola vaccine trial may be too little, too late
As Ebola wanes, trials jockey for patients
Why NIH's Anthony Fauci is treating Ebola patients himself
Scientists argue over access to remaining Ebola hotspots
A reassuring snapshot of Ebola
As Ebola fades, a new threat
New Ebola drug trial starts in Sierra Leone
Results from encouraging Ebola trial scrutinized
Many caveats on promising Ebola drug trial
Rapid test for Ebola now available
'Positive' results for Ebola drug upsets plans for trials
High hopes for Guinean vaccine trial
Ebola vaccines move closer to ultimate test
On the trail of the Ebola virus
Bat-filled tree may have been ground zero for the Ebola epidemic
Breakdown + Breakdown runners-up
The old man and the disease
NIH scientists lead presidential show-and-tell
The old man and the disease
A new phase in the Ebola war
The first new Ebola vaccine moves closer to real-world test
A dose of reality
Saving lives without new drugs
Delays hinder Ebola genomics
China ramps up efforts to combat Ebola
Nigerian virologist delivers scathing analysis of Africa's response to Ebola
Ebola discoverer sees progress in stemming outbreak
NewLink Genetics steps to center stage with its Ebola vaccine
Liberia’s Ebola progress real, but epidemic far from under control
Been to an Ebola-affected country? Stay away from tropical medicine meeting, Louisiana says
The Ebola vaccine underdog
Ebola vaccines racing forward faster than predicted, but high hurdles remain
Leaked documents reveal behind-the-scenes Ebola vaccine issues
Fauci and Collins agree to agree on Ebola vaccine development and NIH funding
Some good Ebola news for a change: Nigeria outbreak over and other developments
How many Ebola cases are there really?
Congressional Ebola debate invokes PLOS paper
Issues continue to dog the testing of Ebola drugs and vaccines
Research
Mutation rate and genotype variation of Ebola virus from Mali case sequences
An Ebola whole-virus vaccine is protective in nonhuman primates
The road to Ebola
Strategies for containing Ebola in West Africa
Host genetic diversity enables Ebola hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis and resistance
Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

Marburg virus infection in nonhuman primates: Therapeutic treatment by lipid-encapsulated siRNA
How Ebola Shuts Down Antiviral Signaling
Monoclonal antibodies and interferon therapy rescue Ebola-infected nonhuman primates when administered after symptoms start
Therapy for Ebola virus infection in rhesus macaques with a monoclonal antibody cocktail
Estrogen receptor modulators inhibit Ebola virus infection
Immune parameters correlate with protection against Ebola virus infection
Successful treatment of Ebola virus–infected macaques with monoclonal antibodies

Productive Replication of Ebola Virus Is Regulated by the c-Abl1 Tyrosine Kinase
Emerging Disease or Diagnosis?
Discovery of Swine as a Host for the Reston ebolavir
Ebola Outbreak Killed 5000 Gorillas
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Additional News Coverage
Ebola vaccine trials raise ethical issues
One more question, Dr. Frieden: Eleven things we'd like to know about the new Ebola case
Ebola infection in Dallas nurse underscores critical need for proper training
Imagining Ebola's next move
How to talk to the public about Ebola: Five tips from risk communication experts
Exit interview: CDC epidemiologist sees hope for controlling Ebola in southeastern Liberia
Push to gamble big on mass production of Ebola vaccines
Tough choices ahead in Ebola vaccine trials
How does Ebola spread? Hard facts from key studies
When Ebola protection fails
Ebola survivor I, Senga Omeonga: 'Every day I’m still thinking: When was I contaminated?'
Ebola survivor II, Nancy Writebol: 'We just don't even have a clue what happened'
One more question, Dr. Frieden: Thirteen things we'd like CDC to tell us about first U.S. Ebola diagnosis
Ebola vaccine tests needlessly delayed, researchers claim
Testing new Ebola tests
UN Security Council passes historic resolution to confront Ebola
A virologist in the hot zone
U.S. declares war on Ebola epidemic
Ebola vaccine: Little and late
U.S. government set to announce surge of help for Ebola epidemic
Cuba to commit large health corps to Ebola fight
In Liberia, disappointment at U.S. military’s planned Ebola response
Ebola: 'Wow, that is really tough'
Ebola vaccines racing forward at record pace
How deadly is Ebola? Statistical challenges may be inflating survival rate
Liberia's Ebola problem far worse than imagined, says WHO
Make haste on experimental Ebola treatments, urges WHO group
Nigeria's Ebola outbreak spreads
Congo outbreak of Ebola unrelated to escalating West African epidemic
Experimental Ebola drug saves monkeys, but will this translate to humans?
Ebola's heavy toll on study authors
Major push to begin human tests of novel Ebola vaccines
Genomes reveal start of Ebola outbreak
Ebola outbreak still accelerating
WHO reports Ebola deaths in DRC
Experimental drug stops Ebola-like infection
WHO ponders treating Ebola-infected people with
blood of survivors
Debate erupts on ‘repurposed’ drugs for Ebola

Africa's first encounter with Ebola: A virologist's tale, part I
Part two: A virologist's tale of Africa's first encounter with Ebola
The other Ebola debate: What about existing drugs?
Using experimental drugs and vaccines against Ebola is ethical, WHO panel says
WHO declares escalating Ebola outbreak an international emergency

How two U.S. patients changed the debate about using untested Ebola drugs
Ebola drugs still stuck in lab
Are Bats Spreading Ebola Across Sub-Saharan Africa?
