Ebola : inside an outbreak /

When a dreaded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus swept through a remote region of Zaire in May 1995, Nova was the only film crew premitted to cover the outbreak. The Ebola plague kills a very high percentage of its victims (77% in Kikwit), often by dissolving their internal organs and connective ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Associated Producers (Toronto, Ont.), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Four (Great Britain), WGBH Educational Foundation, WGBH Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Bienstock, Ric Esther, Jacobovici, Simcha, Halpern, Elliott, Keach, Stacy, Pruner, Karl
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	[Des Moines, IA] : Associated Producers Inc., ©1996.
Subjects:	Ebola virus disease > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kikwit. Epidemics > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kikwit. Documentary television programs. Television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	When a dreaded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus swept through a remote region of Zaire in May 1995, Nova was the only film crew premitted to cover the outbreak. The Ebola plague kills a very high percentage of its victims (77% in Kikwit), often by dissolving their internal organs and connective tissue. Learn how disease specialists traced the origins of the outbreak.
Item Description:	Videodisc release of one episode of the television program Nova, originally broadcast in 1996.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (45 minutes, approximately 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, NTSC.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Don Purser; editors, Steve Weslak, Ion Webster; music, Aaron Davis, John Lang.