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Transmission electron micrograph of Ebola virus

A colorized transmission electron micrograph of Ebola virus, the cause of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. The disease infects people and nonhuman primates and is frequently fatal. The first outbreak of Ebola fever occurred in 1976.

Credit: CDC

Last Updated May 17, 2010

Last Reviewed May 17, 2010

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