KINSHASA, Congo ― In early 2014, few people worried that the Ebola virus, which is up to 90 percent fatal, would pose a global threat. But not everyone who is exposed to the Ebola virus, which spreads through contact with blood or other bodily fluids, falls ill. Neil Brandvold/DNDi Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum treated the first cases of Ebola before the disease even had a name. He couldn’t stop thinking about the test tubes full of blood samples that he had brought home briefly after returning from Yambuku. There are other diseases that could devastate whole cities, countries or regions of the world, Muyembe warns.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2017 09:00 UTC