Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo highlights challenge of containing rare strain
21 May 2026, 08:38 GMT
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Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology at Penn State, studies Ebola and says the death toll is probably much higher than we currently believe because it took longer to identify the outbreak and that allowed it to spread faster.