Ebola Explained
What you need to know about one of nature's scariest viruses.
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Read David Quammen's "Ebola": http://amzn.to/1wBLmzw
Ebola infection/death simulation from Washington Post: http://bit.ly/ebola_sim
Read the original 1976 case report describing the first Ebola patient: http://1.usa.gov/1svWp7i
Ebola outbreak disease info and case counts: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/o....utbreaks/2014-west-a
Ebola Deeply (a calm take on Ebola news): http://www.eboladeeply.org/
How contagious is Ebola? http://www.npr.org/blogs/healt....h/2014/10/02/3529837
Ebola outbreak and symptoms FAQ from WHO: http://bit.ly/1td3TBn
Can Ebola go airborne? No. http://www.virology.ws/2014/09..../18/what-we-are-not-
Ebola: What we should and shouldn't be worried about http://www.wired.com/2014/10/e....bola-virus-infection
Hi-tech Ebola treatments: http://arstechnica.com/science..../2014/08/bio-high-te
The political effects of Ebola in West Africa: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10..../14/world/africa/ebo
Maps of infectious disease vs. public health spending: http://ted.tumblr.com/post/996....54182795/heres-what-
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