The Democratic Republic of Congo is probing 12 potential Ebola cases in its northwest. Despite initial negative tests, ...
were in Equateur province where tropical forests are a natural reservoir for the virus that causes fever, aches and diarrhoea. Congo has had over a dozen past outbreaks of Ebola, including one in ...
Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.