First Ebola Multi-Drug Trial Starts In DRC
Executive Summary
A clinical trial involving four experimental therapies against Ebola virus disease has begun in the DRC, where efforts to stem a growing epidemic are being hindered by a sharp increase in cases of malaria in the northeast of the country.
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