Ebola: The Plague Fighters

Synopsis

The ebola plage kills a very high percentage of its victims (77% in Zaire in May, 1995), often by dissolving their internal organs and connective tissue. The programme covers events in the quarantined city of Kikwit, where the battle with the virus was centred, and relates how disease specialists traced the orgins of the outbreak by compiling a complete ‘chain of death’ of the epidemic, and why they fear a the emergence of a mutation of ebola that is even more difficult to contain.

Series

Nova, Series

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. NTSC. col. 60 min.

Year of production

1996

Availability

NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK; 2000 sale: $19.95 (+p&p)

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

ebola virus; epidemiology; Zaire

Production Company

Name

WGBH Boston

Distributor

Name

WGBH Boston Video, Dept C, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407-2284