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Ebola Virus Disease and “Post-Ebola Virus Disease Syndrome”

What is Ebola Virus Disease? Ebola Virus Disease or EVD is a fatal disease that has seen numerous outbreaks, primarily throughout African continent. EVD is caused by a group of viruses in the Ebolavirus genus including Zaire ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus and several others. During the first EVD breakout it was thought to have been spread…

Monoclonal Antibody Drugs: Efalizumab

https://www.fda.gov/media/75713/download Monoclonal antibodies are antibodies that come from a special hybrid parent cell, have the same variable and constant regions, and can thus recognize the same epitope. These antibodies are made by taking a lab animal and immunizing it to whatever is being studied, the resulting B cells that are made in the animal following…


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