Are pigs a potential source of an Ebola pandemic in Africa and elsewhere? There are at least 288,000 pigs in Liberia where Ebola has broken out in people. Could Ebola-infected pigs spread Ebola throughout the country? The World Health Organization on Ebola: "Pig farms in Africa can play a role in the amplification of infection because of the presence of fruit bats on these farms." New York Times article mentions pigs eating garbage in Conakry, the capital of Guinea (where Ebola is spreading now)
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Two patients died yesterday in eastern Sierra Leone, Amara Jambai, director of disease prevention and control at the ministry of health, said in an interview. Villagers threw stones at medical staff who were trying to inspect one of the bodies yesterday, he said.
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