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Keep Eyes on the Ball
Ebola endemic in West Africa remains a risk, especially if resolve slackens and the virus mutates to become more easily transmissible, scientists warn.
This outbreak has infected more than 23,000 in West Africa whereas previous outbreaks infected just hundreds and burned out within months, disappearing from humans. Greater viral exposure to humans in this outbreak has created more opportunities for the virus to adapt into a virus that could remain in humans if vigilance wanes.
While the possibility of endemic Ebola exists, this virus doesn’t spread as easily as others—and if the international community keeps its eye on the ball, chances of endemic establishment are low, said Dr. Peter Walsh, of the University of Cambridge. “Some major evolutionary changes would be required to make it more transmissible; not just tweaking around the edges but big changes in the way it behaves,” he said.
** The Guardian (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
Related: Having and Fighting Ebola — Public Health Lessons from a Clinician Turned Patient – ** (Craig Spencer, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine) (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
Related: WHO reports overall decrease in Ebola infections – ** Deutsche Welle (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
Related: Ex-Ebola Czar Ron Klain: 5 management lessons from the Ebola outbreak – ** Fortune (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
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