This alarming illness is named after the Ebola River of the Congo region, which was the initial site of the outbreak in 1976 and has killed about 1000 people since then. Previously containment was possible, however now it has spread at a startling rate and in May 2005 for the first time ever it was reported in the Republic of Congo’s Odzala National Park.
This prospect is highly distressing as the Park contains the primary concentration of Western lowland gorillas and the epidemic has taken its toll on them. Thankfully not all is lost, for conservationists are up in arms and have managed successfully to gain $30 million in order to save this species in five African countries so far….
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Source :- IIPM Editorial, 2006
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