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EBOLA

Ebola virus is one of the known virus belongs to genus ebolavirus and family Filoviridae. Ebola
virus disease (EVD), commonly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal
illness in humans. This virus is rare but deadly and kills up to 90% of people who are infected.
Ebola virus disease (EVD) first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara,
Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The current outbreak in west
Africa, (first cases notified in March 2014), is the largest and most complex.
The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population
through human-to-human transmission.
In early stage Ebola infected people can feel flu or other illnesses, but between 2 to 21 days
(incubation period of virus to grow) symptoms can be seen are as:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Headache
High fever
Sore throat
Joint and muscle aches
fatigue
Stomach pain
g) Lack of appetite, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, symptoms of impaired kidney
and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding (e.g. oozing
from the gums, blood in the stools).
It is very difficult to diagnose and distinguish EVD from other virus infested disease such
as Cholera, malaria, typhoid fever etc.
Symptoms caused by Ebola virus infection can be diagnosed by using following
investigations:
1) antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
2) antigen-capture detection tests
3) serum neutralization test
4) reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay
5) electron microscopy
6) Virus isolation by cell culture.

In case, if a person diagnosed Ebola he will be isolated from the public immediately to
prevent the spread.

Some care rehydration with oral or intravenous fluids- and treatment of specific symptoms,
improves survival. But still there is yet no proven medication/treatment or vaccine available for
EVD.
There are few range of potential treatments including blood products, immune therapies and drug
therapies which are in lab/research phase. No licensed vaccines are available yet, but 2 potential
vaccines are undergoing human safety testing.
There are products and treatments which are under trial phase, which can be beneficial for Ebola
virus. From search analysis we have came across one patent entitle Anti-TSG101 antibodies
and their uses for treatment of viral infections Patent publication No: US8796423 B2 from
assignee Eli Lilly And Company, which discloses methods of using the TSG101 antibodies for
the treatment of viral infections, including HIV and Ebola virus infection.
The present invention relates to antibodies that bind a TSG101 protein and inhibit or reduce viral
production.

Fig: Figure describes association of TSG101 with Ebola VLPs and inactivated Ebola virus
There are various researches going to treat/cure Ebola and single inventors/companies globally
have taken part in this revolution.

Below we have listed few patents (published application + Granted application) globally, which
will give a glance view of some proven products available in the forth coming months/years:
S.No Patent publication No:

Date

Assignee

US 20140255444 A1

Sep 11, 2014

Boston Medical Ct Corp

US 20140023646 A1

Jan 23, 2014

Innate Pharma S A S

CA 2581840 C

Aug 5, 2014

Crucell Holland Bv

WO 2014028051 A1

Feb 20, 2014

Howard University

US 20140243394 A1

Aug 28, 2014

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc

WHO aims to prevent Ebola outbreaks by maintaining surveillance for Ebola virus disease and
supporting at-risk countries to developed preparedness plans.

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