Although the North American news reports about Ebola seemed to have come down from their peak several months ago, a serious epidemic continues to impact a number of West African countries. This isn't the first outbreak of the deadly disease, with 38 documented outbreaks since the classification of the Ebola virus in 1976, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the majority of those health problems occurred in African nations, three were identified in the United States, primarily because of the work with imported, infected monkeys.
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