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A really good book that predicted this outbreak back in 1994 is called "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance" by Laurie Garrett.
by Fjolsvith 12y ago
A really good book that predicted this outbreak back in 1994 is called "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance" by Laurie Garrett. She actually has an excellent chapter on the Ebola virus and explained how this disease is so virulent. Ebola mutates very rapidly.
- dredmorbius 12y agoGood book, but no, the mutation rate isn't particularly high for Ebola.
- Fjolsvith 12y agoI believe this refutes your statement: http://www.ibtimes.com/origin-ebola-outbreak-may-be-bat-virus-has-rapid-mutation-rate-1673118 http://www.ibtimes.com/origin-ebola-outbreak-may-be-bat-viru... 300 mutations since May?