Ebola virus outbreak in Africa

Joe Morris jolomo at netcom.com
Thu May 11 14:32:01 EST 1995


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?

Thanks for confirming it as Ebola, last I'd heard they still
weren't sure.
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