In the 40 years since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, there has been a steady increase in the frequency, size, and mortality of epidemics.
After years of antidotal data, a new Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that being vaccinated, even after being exposed to the Ebola virus, can cut mortality figures of those infected by about 52%.
Ebola Vaccination Reduces Mortality 50% for Infected People
Ebola Vaccination Reduces Infected People Mortality By 50%
In the 40 years since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, there has been a steady increase in the frequency, size, and mortality of epidemics.
After years of antidotal data, a new Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that being vaccinated, even after being exposed to the Ebola virus, can cut mortality figures of those infected by about 52%.