sep 1, 1976 - First Confirmed Outbreak of Ebola Zaire
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New strain of filovirus discovered in Zaire which has a mortality rate of 90%. Ebola Zaire has been discovered.
Patients began dying of Ebola Zaire at the Yambuku Mission Hospital in the Bumba Zone in Zaire.
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