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Ebola was discovered in 1976 by scientist Peter Piot, who recieved a blood sample from a nun from Belgium who had fallen ill in the remote village Yambuku.
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284 infected
151 deaths
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During the South African 'aparthied' era, Ebola and Marburg were weaponized for use as poulation control and to potentially assassinate political leaders.
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There were 4 human cases from monkeys being imported from the Phillipines. They developed antibodies and did not get sick.
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united states 1990, there were 4 human cases from monkeys being imported from the Philippines. they developed antibodies but it does not get sick.
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The two nurses who contracted Ebola in a Dallas hospital have recovered from the disease.
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13,567 total number of cases as of october31,2014
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New ebola in Sierra Leone a re cross ambulance teamwas sent to investigate
