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Ebola

NPR
Published February 18, 1996 at 11:00 PM CST

The World Health Organization confirmed today an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the West African country of Gabon. Thirteen people have died from the disease so far and seven more are infected. Jennifer Ludden reports from Abidjan on the race to locate the source of the outbreak and to contain it.

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