Opinion: We prepared for Ebola — but not this Ebola

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When most people hear “Ebola,” they think of a single disease caused by a single virus.

Scientists know better. Ebola virus disease is caused by several distinct virus species capable of causing devastating outbreaks in humans, each with important biological differences that influence diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and outbreak response. Yet for much of the past decade, global preparedness efforts have largely focused on a single species: Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV).

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