What is Ebola?
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That is a great question. Ebola seems contained to the African Congo, partly because it needs a particular host, namely a primate like a monkey or a chimp. Because primates mix with the population there, the Congo has more reported cases. The scary thing is, though, we HAVE had Ebola virus here in the United States before. In the 1970's I believe. America has its own set of hemmorhagic fever disorders, namely Hanta virus in the western US.
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease that appears sporadically in parts of Africa. Infection with the Ebola virus causes the severe illness, which has a mortality rate of between 50 and 90 percent. There are four subtypes of Ebola virus: Ivory Coast, Sudan, Zaire and Reston Ebola. All of these viruses except the last are known to cause severe illness in people.
Learn more about this very contagious disease:
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