U.S. sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda to counter Ebola outbreak

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U.S. sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda to counter Ebola outbreak

Tue, 2022-10-18 18:38 — mike kraft

U.S. sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda for Ebola outbreak The United States sent Gilead Sciences' remdesivir and Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc's experimental Ebola antibody drug MBP134 to Uganda last week to help safeguard healthcare workers responding to an outbreak that has infected 60 people and killed 44, U.S. government sources told Reuters. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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There are currently no proven vaccines or treatments for the Sudan species of Ebola, one of four known Ebola viruses to cause hemorrhagic fever in humans. The outbreak confirmed by the Ugandan health ministry on Sept. 20 is the largest of the Sudan species since 2000.

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