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The Ebola virus is highly contagious, spreading through direct contact with blood and bodily fluids. This book outlines previous outbreaks of this very deadly disease and describes the massive efforts to contain the worst outbreak ever, which hit West Africa in 2014 and killed thousands. There is a timeline of the important dates on the detection and treatment of this disease. And there are stories of people who contracted this deadly disease and survived.
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Ebola - Petra Miller
Published in 2016 by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
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Copyright © 2016 by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC First Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Miller, Petra, author.
Ebola / Petra Miller.
pages cm. — (Deadliest diseases of all time)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-50260-652-5 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-50260-653-2 (ebook)
1. Ebola virus disease—Juvenile literature. 2. Hemorrhagic diseases—Juvenile literature.
3. Epidemics—Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: Deadliest diseases of all time.
RC140.5.M55 2016
616.9’1—dc23
2015008858
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Medical personnel at the biocontainment unit in Nebraska are trained to handle patients arriving with diseases such as Ebola.
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