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PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (04): Nigeria, Kenya, Congo DR (ET), WHO

Ebola -- NigeriaScientists have theorized that the Makona strain responsible for the massive 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak might have been more virulent -- meaning it might have become more dangerous as it infected more people -- than earlier known strains.The study---------To test that theory, Feldmann's group infected some mice and macaques with the Makona strain and others with the Mayinga strain, from the 1st known Ebola epidemic in 1976.The finding-----------The Makona viruses -- even those Read more [...]