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Ebola Outbreak: Why It's So Important to Find Patient Zero

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 12:02 in Health & Medicine

The current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 4,000 people, but it started with one person: a 2-year-old child who died on Dec. 6, 2013.

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