Where Did The Ebola Virus Come From?
Ebola is one of about 177 pathogens that are considered to be newly emerging diseases. These diseases are generally zoonotic diseases. Animal diseases that have jumped species. A familiar example of a zoonotic disease is measles, which is derived from dog distemper.
For the past thirty years, forty-one previously unrecognized human infectious diseases have jumped from their normal animal hosts to human beings. This has frequently occurred in Africa,...