There are no approved virus-specific therapeutics or vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain

The virus behind the latest Ebola outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, which is less common and there is no vaccine or treatment.

The type of Ebolavirus causing the outbreak in DRC, called Bundibugyo, is less common than other types of Ebola. There are no vaccines or drugs available to treat it.

The species of Ebola virus causing an outbreak in Congo that has killed nearly 120 people is less common than other Ebola viruses, which is complicating the response because there…

An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has surpassed 500 suspected cases, WHO’s top official said Tuesday.Of those suspected cases, 130 people…

And how public health workers are trying to contain it

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAn outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus, a…

The WHO is investigating potential vaccines and treatments for a potentially lengthy Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been declared an international…

Clinical trials for treatments against Ebola Bundibugyo virus are ‘in a strong position’ to be launched quickly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

No vaccine or treatment currently exists for the Bundibugyo Ebola strain

Doctors battling the deadly Bundibugyo strain in DR Congo will likely have to wait months for a vaccine.

“And fifth, this epidemic is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola virus for which there are no approved vaccines ...

Rare Bundibugyo strain of infectious disease, detected in DR Congo and Uganda, has no approved vaccine or treatment

The only approved vaccines for Ebola target the Zaire strain.

A rare Ebola strain is spreading through the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of the Congo's east.

Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology at Penn State, studies Ebola and says the death toll is probably much higher than we currently believe because it took longer to…

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 50 percent and no approved vaccine as yet.

There are no approved virus-specific therapeutics or vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain

Outbreak encompasses 600 suspected cases and more than 130 assumed deaths

The virus, specifically its Bundibugyo strain, has now spread undetected for weeks in Congo's Ituri Province. | World News