Ebola patient zero identified as 2-year-old boy
Monday, August 11, 2014 - 12:00
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Aileen GraefGUéCKéDOU, Guinea, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Doctors believe they have identified the origin of the current Ebola outbreak as a 2-year-old buy who died in December in southeastern Guinea.
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