A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA Some of Conn’s samples still contained live Ebola virus On November 26, 1976 U.S. Peace Corps volunteer Del Conn told team members in the Yanbuku area that his head …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA On November 16, 1976 McCormick returned with startling news News of Platt’s illness came to Yambuku on November 12, 1976 hitting the commission members very hard. Morale Plummeted and …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA The syringe containing Ebola-infected guinea pig blood jammed into the tip of his thumb For nearly a month Platt had toiled with caution and deliberation in his laboratory at …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA They took McCormick and van Niewenhove to Isiro some 300 miles north near the Sudanese frontier On October 31, 1976 Sureau, Germain, McCormick, and recently arrived Belgian researcher Simon …
A review of THE COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Laurie Garrett, published in 1994. Chapter 5: Yambuku – EBOLA He needed a top entomologist or ecologist to search for the insects or animals that carried the disease Karl Johnson was trying his best to outmaneuver other logistic nightmares …
