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Assessing the Science of Ebola Transmission
Wed, 2014-10-29 23:24 — mike kraftTHREE ARTICLES DESCRIBING DETAILS OF THE EBOLA VIRUS AND OTHER VIRUSES.
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Credit Illustration by Donald Bliss/N.I.H, from The Journal of Virology/American Society for Microbiology
The research on how the virus spreads is not as ambiguous as some have made it seem
THE ATLANTIC Oct. 28, 2014
"What it boils down to is not only is there no evidence that Ebola virus spreads between primates by an airborne route, there’s actually evidence it does not...."
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http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/clarity-in-ebola-transmission-science/382026/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
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Ebola and the Vast Viral Universe
NEW YORK TIMES Oct. 28, 2012
By Natalie Angier
"Behind the hellish Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa lies an agent that fittingly embodies the mad contradictions of a nightmare. It is alive yet dead, simple yet complex, mindless yet prophetic, seemingly able to anticipate our every move."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/science/ebola-and-the-vast-viral-universe.html?ref=science
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The 9 Deadliest Viruses on Earth
WASHINGTON POST Oct. 28, 2014
from LIVE SCIENCE Oct. 23, 2014
By Anne Harding
"But there are other viruses out there that are equally deadly, and some that are even deadlier. Here are the nine worst killers, based on the likelihood that a person will die if they are infected with one of them, the sheer numbers of people they have killed, and whether they represent a growing threat."
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http://www.livescience.com/48386-deadliest-viruses-on-earth.html
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