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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 Selected Events Aug 26 First patient presents with fever in Yambuku
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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 Selected Events Oct 2-6 Second medical visit from Kinshasa; specimens
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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 International Commission Discoveries Virology • Isolation
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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 Clinical • Described symptoms and signs including – Hemorrhagic
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  Patient Management and Control Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 • Isolation of patients effective
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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 Epidemiology • Mode of transmission • Risk groups • Attack rates
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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 Immunology • Developed IFA test for Ebola • Found evidence of previous
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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 Epidemic in northern DR Congo (Zaire) • 100% of villages affected
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  Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), 1976-1977 • Cause? – Typhoid – Lassa fever – Yellow fever Initial Information

• Part 1 “Just a few days . . . Ebola, Zaire, 1976”. Part I
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