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Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1208170913. htm Scientists Reveal Key Structure from Ebola Virus ScienceDaily (Dec. 8, 2009) — Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of a critical protein from the Ebola virus, which, though rare, is one of the deadliest viruses on the planet killing between 50 and 90 percent of those infected. ...

I have SERIOUS doubts about this story. The only source is the Xinhua article, with no mention in Radio Okapi or any other news source. There is no specific data about case or death counts. And there were two previous Ebola outbreaks there in the past two years. I think this is an echo of the confirmation of one of them. ProMed may have gotten fooled again...

http://www.ugpulse.com/articles/dail...pital&ID=13 413 Patients and some medical staff at Mityana district Hospital reportedly disappeared following reports that an Ebola sick person had been brought into the hospital. Jackie Tumuhairwe was brought to the hospital with signs equivalent to those of Ebola. The brave medical workers however managed to receive the patients and quarantined...

The death of 20 members of the SPLA an unknown illness in Western Bahr el Ghazal Wednesday, 07 October 2009 Died 20 members of the SPLA by an unidentified disease in the areas of crocodile and the band and Kutkut in West Bahr el Ghazal. Health authorities have said they have not yet identified the disease. The Minister of Health in the state, Isaac Elias Ibrahim told reporters ...

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200908100031.html Uganda: Two Years On After Ebola in Bundibugyo Frederick Womakuyu 9 August 2009 Kampala — Some of the health workers who survived ebola. They doubt if they have enough equipment to handle a new epidemic AS night falls in Bundibugyo district, in western Uganda, tucked along the DR Congo border, bright lights and ...