Ebola

Should Americans be worried about the recent Ebola outbreak?

Should Americans be worried about the recent Ebola outbreak?

What is Ebola? The Ebola virus was first identified in 1976 when two consecutive epidemics of deadly haemorrhagic fever occurred in different parts of central Africa. Ebola is a filovirus. Filoviruses are zoonotic, that is, they are transmitted from animals to humans. Once a person is infected, filoviruses can spread from person to person through …

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