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Pattern of human Ebola outbreaks linked to wildlife and climate

11-14-2006 · EurekAlert!

A visiting biologist at the University of California, San Diego, and her colleagues in Africa and Britain have shown that there are close linkages between outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in human and wildlife populations, and that climate may influence the spread of the disease.

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