DRC Ebola Vaccine Has Gap

BuniaOver 4,500 cases, and the stockpiled vaccine targets the wrong species.

Ervebo protects against Zaire ebolavirus, not the Bundibugyo strain now spreading fastest on record.

The WHO is negotiating a Phase 3 trial randomizing contacts of confirmed cases between Ervebo and placebo.

Oxford and Moderna’s Bundibugyo-specific candidates could join the trial if September safety data hold.

Sources: STAT