Ebola highlights growing global virus threat

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Ebola highlights growing global virus threat

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-highlights-growing-global-virus-threat-210323661.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e3axluSe_8I1rH5bOCF05w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par7950750-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sierra Leonese government burial team members wearing protective clothing carry the coffin of an Ebola victim on August 14, 2014 in Kailahun" align="left" title="Sierra Leonese government burial team members wearing protective clothing carry the coffin of an Ebola victim on August 14, 2014 in Kailahun" border="0" /></a>Like the Spanish flu, polio, AIDS, and SARS before it, Ebola has erupted from seemingly nowhere to claim lives and sow fear of a catastrophic global outbreak. &quot;New viral diseases are on the rise as populations become more dense and mobile,&quot; said Arnaud Fontanet, head of epidemiology at France's Insitut Pasteur. &quot;Outbreaks do seem to be getting more frequent,&quot; University of Nottingham molecular virology professor Jonathan Ball told AFP. It wouldn't be a huge surprise if there's another (major pandemic) waiting to happen.</p><br clear="all"/>

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