Ebola virus outbreak in Africa

[Kathleen Richards]

Joe Morris (jolomo at netcom.com) wrote:
: On Thu, 11 May 1995 11:57:42 GMT Harald Feldmann wrote:
: > - Transcript from dutch Teletext service:
: > The WHO has confirmed that the Ebola virus is responsible for the
: > death of more than 100 people in Kikwit, a city in southeast Zaire.
: I heard on the radio that this city has 600,000 people! Yikes

: > Caualties are also reported in the city of Musango.
: And that this city is 75 miles away from Kikwit. So how
: is it transmitted?

It is possible the Italian nun who died in Musango after being infected
in Kikwit transmitted it.

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