Infection with Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 independently predicts severe disease and mortality, but demographic and clinical factors are stronger predictors of severe disease, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Funding will be used to continue trials of BCX4430 and prepare for its large-scale manufacture.
Liberian officials urged longer sexual abstinence for survivors, and extra response measures are under way in Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Filovirus experts who met a year ago say that evidence is lacking for recommending personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers treating patients for diseases like Ebola and Marburg, and they outline several priorities for research, according to a report late last week in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
The findings clear the way for the next step, which may require a change in venue.
The virus may be more stable than a study in August found.
The WHO says 79 confirmed cases were reported, down from 150 the week before.
Guinea's trial involves ring vaccination, a strategy used to used to stamp out smallpox in the 1970s.
MSF says health groups were slow to respond, but affected nations were, too.
The WHO may have delayed an emergency declaration for 2 months partly for political reasons.
