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Ebola  

Definition

  • Ebola virus is one of the deadliest known viruses, and it results in severe acute viral illness, known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF). The first recorded Ebola patient was a schoolteacher named Mabalo Lokela from the village of Yambuku, Zaire, diagnosed on September 5, 1976. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Ebola Virus]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-B3N8CR73-G

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