Change of Ebola pace may be reflected in burial practices

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Change of Ebola pace may be reflected in burial practices

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/change-ebola-pace-may-reflected-burial-practices-164908404.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wK03VpZtbX7uDEdJCU2Rlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-07T164908Z_1_LYNXMPEAA60S6_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA-LIBERIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A member of a burial team sprays a colleague with chlorine disinfectant in Monrovia" align="left" title="A member of a burial team sprays a colleague with chlorine disinfectant in Monrovia" border="0" /></a>By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - A slowdown in Liberia's Ebola outbreak and the continued rampant rate of infection in Sierra Leone may reflect contrasting ways the two countries are dealing with burials, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Ebola victims are most infections right after death, which means that traditional West African funerals, where families often touch the bodies, can cause the disease to spread rapidly. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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