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| {{Ebola}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Recent outbreaks===
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| As of [[August 30]], [[2007]], 103 people (100 adults and three children) were infected by a suspected hemorrhagic fever outbreak in the village of [[Mweka, Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (DRC). The outbreak started after the funerals of two village chiefs, and 217 people in four villages fell ill. The [[World Health Organization]] sent a team to take blood samples for analysis and confirmed that many of the cases are the result of the Ebola virus <ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in Congo |url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12624-ebola-outbreak-confirmed-in-congo.html |work=NewScientist.com |publisher= |date=2007-09-11 |accessdate=2008-02-25 }}</ref>. The Congo's last major Ebola epidemic killed 245 people in 1995 in [[Kikwit]], about 200 [[mile]]s from the source of the Aug. 2007 outbreak.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mystery DR Congo fever kills 100 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6973013.stm |work= BBC News |publisher= |date=2007-08-31 |accessdate=2008-02-25 }}</ref>
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| On [[November 30]], [[2007]], the [[Uganda]] Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in the [[Bundibugyo District]]. After confirmation of samples tested by the United States National Reference Laboratories and the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization confirmed the presence of a new species of the Ebola virus.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Uganda: Deadly Ebola Outbreak Confirmed - UN |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200711301070.html |work=UN News Service |publisher= |date=2007-11-30 |accessdate=2008-02-25 }}</ref> The epidemic came to an official end on February 20, 2008. 149 cases of this new strain were reported and 37 of those led to deaths.
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| ==References==
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