Ebola outbreak caused by new ‘animal transmission’: What that means
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Source: Al Jazeera
Published: 2026-08-14 00:16 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Science, Health, Africa, World News
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The Ebola outbreak currently ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was caused by a new transmission from animals to humans rather than by variants linked to earlier outbreaks, according to a new study published in the medical journal Nature Medicine.
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