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"cube" epidemic

In section on "History", subsection "Emergence", end of the first paragraph-- there is a reference to a "cube epidemic". As near as I can tell, there is no such thing.

I think the writer (original or subsequent editor) made a mistake here and was trying to refer to "incurable", "global" or some other related word. The sentence can stand alone without a modifier ("cube"); additionally a global epidemic would be a "pandemic" (just semantics).

I would suggest changing that immediately-- otherwise, it is a great article.

Chemischer —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chemischer (talk • contribs) 19:16, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I think it's taken care of. Thanks. ChyranandChloe (talk) 05:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Rewrote the section "Pathogenesis"

Rewrote the section "Pathogenesis", kind of just skimmed through the secreted glycoprotein (sGP) or full-length transmembrane form; how it interferes with the immune system is that that protien allows the virus to binds with the neutrophils through the Fcγ receptor III. This is my understanding at least. I'm not used to reading so much into virology. ChyranandChloe (talk) 05:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Incubation period

Symptoms The incubation period ranges from 2–21 days, although it is generally 5–18 days, although Bundibugyo ebolavirus may be more than twice as long at 42 days.

should read simply: Symptoms The incubation period ranges from 2–21 days, although it is generally 5–18 days.

Ref.41 refers to the ending of the Ebola-Zaire 2007 outbreak in the DRC, and says ambiguously: "End of Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 17 February 2009 -- The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has on 16 February 2009 declared the end of the Ebola epidemic in the Mweka and Luebo health zones in the Province of Kasai Occidental . The last person to be infected by the virus died on 1 January 2009. This is more than double the maximum incubation period (42 days) for Ebola."

What that means is that 1 Jan. to 16 Feb. is 46 days, which is more than 42 days, which is twice the max. inc. period of 21 days. And it has nothing to do with Bundibugyo ebolavirus. Woodall9669 (talk) 04:35, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

broken doi

There is a number, but the link doesn't work. http://en.wikipedia.org/Ebola#cite_note-32

Please fix, thanks. 75.4.18.242 (talk) 07:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

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