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What're the four strains of the ebola virus that are talked about in the hot zone?
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Five now: Zaire, sudan, reston, cote d'ivorie and a newer one, bundibugyo.
Answered 10/7/2012
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Ebola Zaire: Ebola virus (EV) is in the Filoviridae family. The 2014 West African Ebola outbreak is the Zaire species. The most viruent of the five strains is Zaire. Zaire EV had 88% death rate when discovered in 1976. *A Bundibugyo virus outbreak occurred in 2007 in Uganda with a 40% death rate. It was formally recognized as strain in 2008. *Tai Forest or Cote d'Ivoire (previously known as Ivory Coast EV) >
Answered 11/11/2014
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