What is Ebola and is it a threat to us in Plaquemines Parish?
Ebola is a contagious disease (in the hemorrhagic fever group) caused by a virus that occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and is transmitted from animals to humans and from human to human by body fluids. The Ebola virus can persist in the body even after an apparent cure.Different strains of the virus have fatality rates ranging from 10% to 90%. The current outbreak has a fatality rate of about...
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