DRC Targets Untreatable Ebola Strain

KinshasaNo approved therapy exists for this Ebola strain.

Approved Ebola treatments target only the Zaire species, leaving Bundibugyo, behind the current outbreak, without any authorized drug.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe, DRC’s leading Ebola scientist, says a monoclonal antibody against Bundibugyo is now in development, no timeline given.

Sources: SciDev.Net