Friday 12 September 2014

Over 22 Million at Risk of Ebola Virus Jumping from Animals to Humans

Researchers reveal that they have underestimated the size of the area in parts of Africa that is conducive for the Ebola virus to jump from animals to humans, with more than 22 million people living in such regions. While the actual risk of animal-to-human or "zoonotic" transmission is low -- there have been only 30 confirmed cases in the disease's history -- the wide geographic spread boosts the potential for future human outbreaks, disease specialists wrote in ...

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