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On Sunday, the World Health Organization called a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, a public health emergency of international concern. Today, Stephanie Desmond talks to Emily Gurley, an infectious disease epidemiologist from Johns Hopkins, about the lag in identifying this outbreak and what it

means for the spread of this deadly virus. Let's listen. Emily Gurley, thanks so much for joining me.

Great to be here, Stephanie. Today I want to talk about Ebola. The head of the WHO said he's, quote,

deeply concerned about the scale and speed of a current Ebola

outbreak in the DRC and Uganda. Remind us of what Ebola is and why there's such concern about

this particular outbreak. There are a number of Ebola viruses that can cause infection in humans. And they're concerning particularly because of the

high case fatality ratio. So frequently in outbreaks, 30% sometimes, even up to 50% or more,

of people who develop symptoms of disease could die from the disease.

In communities where this occurs, it's a tragedy.

The other particularly concerning thing is that health care workers are at increased risk because

they're the ones caring for patients.

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