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Ebola has a mean virulence of 61%, killing a total 2603 out of 4235 people since records began. Virulence is the 'case fatality rate', the percentage of cases that lead to death.
This Chart Shows Every Ebola Outbreak In History. ... Here's a new graphic from Reuters that shows every documented Ebola case and death in history, with numbers current as of July 31: ...
Here’s everything you need to know about Ebola in 5 charts, including why a widespread outbreak in the U.S. is unlikely. 1. The outbreak is spreading rapidly—and cases are probably being ...
UPDATE: Just one day on from the publication of this article, the World Health Organisation has confirmed a new case of Ebola as the cause of a death in Sierra Leone. AS OF January 14th 2016, the ...
Now, even as the death toll in West Africa rises steadily towards the 10,000 mark, the frequency of Google searches on Ebola in the U.S. have leveled off to numbers similar to July, when the ...
Top 10 Ebola charts. ... • Leading Causes of Death in Africa • PLOS: Why there's no Ebola treatment or vaccine yet, in one chart • Quiz: Do You Have Ebola. Close Ad.
The current Ebola outbreak began last summer in the country’s North Kivu province and now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, WHO announced on Wednesday, July 17.
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of deaths recorded in the Ebola outbreak has risen above 4,000. The Geneva-based U.N. agency said in an update Friday that 4,033 ...
Ebola outbreak: What's happening on the ground in West Africa 03:19. DAKAR, Senegal -- The deadliest recorded Ebola outbreak surpassed 700 deaths across West Africa on Thursday as the World Health ...
Ebola vaccine dramatically reduces deaths even if it's given after infection : Goats and Soda Ebola is one of the most feared infectious diseases, with more than half of those infected dying.