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The Ebola Virus
“Ebola”, or “Ebola Virus” as it is known scientifically is an extremely contagious and deadly virus with a current 50% death rate.
Ebola is primarily found in Bats, Monkeys and Gorillas, however it can spread to other living things, like humans through physical contact with anything that, has, had or touched the virus itself.
Interestingly Ebola dates back to 1976 when there was two, (luckily small) outbreaks that occurred, however they were dealt with, and weren’t in the public eye. It was only until 2013, in west Africa when a large out break happened and the public was, more or less intrigued by the virus.
The way the virus causes sickness is inflicted mainly by attacking the immune system. The way Ebola does this is, it attacks certain

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