New strain of Ebola kills 16


	New strain of Ebola kills 16

invictus

11-29-2007 4:53 PM

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virus, ebola, health, microbiology, science

invictus says:

This time in Uganda and Congo.

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11-29-2007 6:24 PM

debbyski

Scary

11-30-2007 3:03 AM

mickfinn

Makes our woes seem pretty trivial.

11-30-2007 12:57 PM

gingembre

Ut oh.

11-30-2007 2:57 PM

kkcapricorn

for some reason the movie "Outbreak" popped into my head.

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