Table 1.

Desired characteristics of an ebolavirus vaccine for different vaccination scenarios

characteristic	outbreak response vaccination	preventative vaccination of risk groups	wild-life vaccination
rapid protection	essential	not essential	not essential
long-lasting immunity	desirable, but not essential	essential	essential
cross-protection against multiple species	desirable, but not essential, since species causing outbreak can be rapidly determined	essential	essential
number of vaccinations	single vaccination essential	multiple vaccination tolerable	single vaccination essential