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Winnipeg lab employee potentially exposed to Ebola virus
Winnipeg lab employee potentially exposed to Ebola virus
WINNIPEG — An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg may have been exposed to the Ebola virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus.On Monday, the employee was working with infected pigs at the Level 4 lab around 2 p.m.The employee noticed a tear in their protective suit during decontamination after working in the lab, officials from the Public Health Agency of Canada said.
besides ctvnews
Ebola scare in Winnipeg: A look at some facts about the deadly virus
Ebola scare in Winnipeg: A look at some facts about the deadly virus
The Canadian PressWINNIPEG -- An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg may have been exposed to the Ebola virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus after a tear in a protective suit was noticed during decontamination.Ebola is a highly contagious virus that the World Health Organization estimates kills 50 per cent of those it infects.The World Health Organization says the virus is transmitted to humans through wild animals and then spreads through the population through close contact with contaminated bodily fluids.
in addition sciencemag
Has a new mutation in the Ebola virus made it deadlier?
Has a new mutation in the Ebola virus made it deadlier?
The sheer size of the Ebola epidemic that began in 2013 and engulfed West Africa is still a bit of a riddle for scientists.Previous Ebola outbreaks had never sickened more than 600 people.But the outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea infected more than 28,000 before it was finally brought under control.
furthermore washingtonpost
The Ebola virus mutated to better infect humans during the 2014 outbreak
The Ebola virus mutated to better infect humans during the 2014 outbreak
A Liberian Red Cross burial team carries the body of a suspected victim of Ebola in Banjor, on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, in October 2014.(European Pressphoto Agency/Ahmed Jallanzo)The Ebola virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus mutated to more effectively infiltrate human cells during the West African outbreak that killed more than 11,300 people between 2013 and 2016.That's the finding of two teams of virologists in studies published Thursday in the journal Cell.
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