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The Ebola plague kills a very high percentage of its victims (77% in Kikwit), often by dissolving their internal organs and connective tissue. Learn how disease specialists traced the origins of the outbreak.
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Jun 28, 2022 · Ebola: Plague Fighters: Nova documentary. In April 1995, the people of a small town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were terrorised by a lethal virus. This award-winning Nova...
Feb 19, 2015 · Tuesday, February 24th, 2015. 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM. Allen Auditorium at the University of Washington. Nova's documentary takes us back to 1995 during an Ebola outbreak in Zaire, Africa and follows medical researchers and doctors as they try to stop the virus and suggest methods for future outbreaks.
Feb 6, 1996 · NOVA: PLAGUE FIGHTERS (TV) Summary. One in this series of science documentaries. This edition examines the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Zaire, Africa, which occurred in 1995.
Classroom Activity for the NOVA program Ebola—The Plague Fighters: In Pass It On, students simulate and trace the spread of a virus. Grades 3-5, 6-8.
Plague Fighters. Summaries. Ric Bienstock and her crew spent a month in Kikwit, sleeping in an abandoned house, filming the course of an outbreak of Ebola virus and the efforts of medical personnel to contain the epidemic. Of 316 people infected, 244 died, and "no one knows where it [the virus] came from and where it went" (R. B.).
Viewing Ideas for the NOVA program Ebola—The Plague Fighters: Briefly discuss with students what they know about viruses, such as the common cold and the flu...
