Ebola can spread like 'forest fire,' US warns

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Ebola can spread like 'forest fire,' US warns

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-spread-forest-fire-us-warns-213607589.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.xQQTBhc8i0zHvkO1ATkQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/73ba8299b54d4a937b2ddc7eb126f5ad571c50f0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Health workers wearing protective suits walk in an isolation center for people infected with Ebola at Donka Hospital in Conakry on April 14, 2014" align="left" title="Health workers wearing protective suits walk in an isolation center for people infected with Ebola at Donka Hospital in Conakry on April 14, 2014" border="0" /></a>The deadly Ebola virus can spread like a forest fire, US health authorities said Monday, urging travelers to West Africa to take extra precautions amid the largest outbreak in history. Since March, there have been 1,201 cases of Ebola and 672 deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Two Americans -- one doctor and one healthcare worker -- in Monrovia, Liberia have come down with the virus, characterized by fever, joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting and often fatal bleeding. &quot;The likelihood of this outbreak spreading beyond West Africa is very low,&quot; admitted Stephan Monroe, deputy director of the CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.</p><br clear="all"/>

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