HealthExplainer: Why Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than previous epidemics

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to pass 4,000 cases this week. Since it was officially declared in May, the epidemic has been described as the fastest-spreading on record. The explainer examines why transmission is outpacing earlier Ebola epidemics. The focus is on the unusually rapid expansion of the current outbreak.

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