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The hunt for a new Ebola vaccine: two scientists explain the challenges
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Scientists at the University of Oxford are working to develop a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus, which is currently spreading in the DRC and Uganda with a 30–50% fatality rate and no approved vaccine.
The hunt for a new Ebola vaccine: two scientists explain the challenges
The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda has now killed 61 people, with 359 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo strain of the virus has a fatality rate of between 30% and 50%, and there is currently no vaccine approved for it. Two scientists at the University of Oxford, Teresa Lambe and Rebecca Makinson, are part of the group who are working to develop one. In early June, Oxford was one of three organisations to receive funding from the Coalition for Epid
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