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...since the first known outbreak in 1976, the virulent Ebola virus has been near the top of every Central African's list of the worst ways to die. With the 1994 publication of the best seller The Hot Zone, that fear had gone global. The symptoms--catastrophic hemorrhaging, bloody diarrhea and the literal disintegration of one organ after another--were Ebola-like, all right. But the locals needed expert help to make sure. The U.N. organization rushed a team to the scene and, reports Dr. David Heymann, head of the WHO's new Division for Emerging and other Communicable Diseases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUERRILLA WARFARE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...e.Coli bacteria that originates in animal intestines. Although it is seldom fatal, the bacterium is one of the world's most agile and potent bacilli, almost impossible to stop once it is loose in the human food chain." Symptoms of 0157 E.coli infection include dehydration, stomach pains and bloody diarrhea. A severe case of the infection can lead to kidney failure and brain damage. -->