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A 17-year-old male asked:
Has their ever been a case of someone having the ebola virus in the u.s.?!?!
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Ankush Bansalanswered
Internal Medicine 18 years experience
No: But there was scare about an airborne ebola virus (that luckily didn't cause illness in human) outside washington, dc in the early 1990s. Read richard preston's the hot zone for details about that.
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Dr. Elizabeth Wallen commented
Pediatrics 36 years experience
Excellent book, very interesting.
Jul 30, 2014
Dr. Ankush Bansal commented
Internal Medicine 18 years experience
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The answer to your question changed just recently as is mentioned below.
Oct 4, 2014
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