Health Policy Watch·3 min read·medium
Alarming Ebola Spread Raises Question Of Viral Mutation
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Kerry Cullinan
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Health experts are investigating whether the Ebola Bundibugyo variant is mutating due to an unprecedented surge in cases and deaths in the DRC. International health leaders are calling for urgent community-led responses to curb the transmission.
Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious.
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