Ebola experts in west Africa battle to stem deadly outbreak in pictures

From Global development | The Guardian Fri Apr 11 2014, 10:33:29

Medical authorities in Guinea and other neighbouring African countries are struggling to contain an outbreak of Ebola, one of the world's deadliest viruses. The tropical pathogen, which can trigger haemorrhagic fever and organ failure, has a fatality rate of up to 90%. The outbreak has killed more than two-thirds of those who have been infected, including 101 people in Guinea and neighbouring Liberia

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