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The Ebola Virus

It's called the doomsday virus and has killed scores of people already in Zaire. What do we really know about the Ebola virus and what are the chances of it spreading beyond Africa? In this hour: separating the fact from the fiction about ebola.

Guests:
Steven Morse
Assistant Professor of Virology
Rockefeller University
New York, NY

Steven Ostroff
Assoc. Director for Epidemiological Sciences
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, GA

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