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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