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Article: OUT OF AFRICA: PERIL AND PROTECTION NIH EBOLA VIRUS VACCINE SAVES MONKEYS FROM DEATH; WAY LIES AHEAD FOR HUMAN SAFETY TRIALS.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 30, 2000
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"EBOLA COULD SOON BE THE WEST'S PROBLEM, TOO"
That's the banner headline across a full-page article in this week's Business Week magazine, dated Dec. 4, 2000. Its lead paragraph warns: "There is a crisis brewing in the world that we ignore at our peril. The Ebola virus is back, and it's spreading." The story goes on to report the latest outbreak, in Uganda this month and last, with 329 people infected, of whom 107 (33 percent) have died.
This brings to 1,258 the number of cases recorded since Ebola virus emerged in 1976, decimating villages along the Ebola river in the African country of Zaire - since re-named the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...