Ebola disease is caused by a group of viruses, known as orthoebolaviruses. It affects both humans and animals and spreads through close contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated materials. The disease was first identified in 1976 during outbreaks in …
Today we have published a Priority Pathogen Families reference tool, highlighting 24 pathogen families where we believe further research is most needed in the interests of biosecurity.
Elisabetta Groppelli lead on PHE’s Ebola response on the ground in Sierra Leone. She was deployed to Sierra Leone to support Public Health England’s response efforts in fighting Ebola. During 2015 there was significant progress in the Ebola response. Yet, while the …
Neil Bentley, PHE's Head of Specialist Microbiology Technical Services, has recently travelled to Sierra Leone to help set up three new Ebola laboratories. The first opened in October and two others followed in early December last year, based across the …
Throughout the Ebola outbreak there have been UK media headlines reporting ‘suspected’ cases. PHE expert Dr. Emma Aarons looks at the meaning of a ‘suspected case’, and why it’s important to view these in the wider context of our testing …
Responding to the risk posed by Ebola requires action both here in the UK and overseas. And though the best way to remove the Ebola risk altogether is beat the virus at its source in West Africa, substantial work goes …
The Scottish Government recently announced that we had a case of Ebola in the UK, in a health worker who travelled to Glasgow from Sierra Leone. In this blog, Public Health England’s Director of Health Protection, Prof Paul Cosford, answers some …
In this Ebola Q&A blog Brian McCloskey, director of global health for Public Health England, answers questions about how people catch Ebola. If you want the latest updates on Ebola and the UK response, check the UK Government Ebola page or follow …
In this blog PHE Director of Global Health Brian McCloskey answers some of the public health questions currently being raised in the media and via social media, about Ebola. The West Africa Ebola outbreak is an evolving situation and we …
