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Ebola kills 19 more as it spreads
Most of the people who are dying in this most recent outbreak contacted the virus by caring for suffering patients or family members, in Uganda, health officials told the Associate Press this morning. So far 73 are dead and a total of 224 have been identified as infected with the Ebola Sudan strain of the virus. About 96 people have recovered from the deadly fever, and health officials hope that the outbreak is somewhat contained, now that they have banned traditional funerals in which friends wash the body of the deceased and then dip their hands in a communal bowl. Ebola victims are most likely to infect someone through contact with bodily fluids in the hours preceding and following their death.

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October (Web-only) 2000, Vol. 44