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What makes Ebola one of the world’s deadliest viruses?

“You produce your own death,” says a researcher.

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What makes Ebola one of the world’s deadliest viruses?

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare an international public health emergency in May.
The rare Bundibugyo variant behind the outbreak is not quite as deadly as the m

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