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Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak
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Jonathan Lambert
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Health officials are struggling to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to difficulties in contact tracing. Experts warn that a high percentage of new cases appearing outside known transmission chains indicates the virus is spreading faster than current containment efforts can track.
The key to ending any infectious disease outbreak, especially one for which there's no approved vaccine, like the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is getting slightly ahead of the virus.
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