Ebola vaccination significantly reduced risk of disease during outbreak in Congo

Ebola vaccination significantly reduced risk of disease during outbreak in Congo

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Paris – The Ebola vaccine Ervebo, which is the only one recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for ring vaccination, has proven effective in an outbreak in Congo. A test-negative case-control study by Médecins Sans Frontières found a protective effect of 84% in Lancet Infectious Diseases (2024; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00419-5), which dispels doubts about the effectiveness of the vaccine. Ervebo (rVSV∆G-ZEBOV-GP)…

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