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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 permitted 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.
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Program Overview for the NOVA program Ebola—The Plague Fighters: Travel to Kikwit, Zaire, for a close-up look at the 1995 Ebola outbreak and the battle to contain it. 1 hr.
In April 1995, the people of a small town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were terrorised by a lethal virus. This award-winning Nova documentary show...
Feb 19, 2015 · Come watch a screening of Nova's "Ebola: The Plague Fighters" hosted by UW Partners in Health Engage and participate in a discussion afterwards led by Health Alliance International executive director and UW Anthropology/Global Health professor, James Pfeiffer. Tuesday, February 24th, 2015. 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM.
Feb 6, 1996 · Plague Fighters: Directed by Ric Esther Bienstock. With William Close, Russell Coleman, Stacy Keach, Ali S. Khan. Ric Bienstock and her crew spent a month in Kikwit, sleeping in an abandoned house, filming the course of an outbreak of Ebola virus and the efforts of medical personnel to contain the epidemic.
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Feb 6, 1996 · NOVA: PLAGUE FIGHTERS (TV) Summary. One in this series of science documentaries. This edition examines the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Zaire, Africa, which occurred in 1995.
Ebola—The Plague Fighters. To simulate and trace the spread of a virus. A major focus of the research work in Kikwit centered on tracing the spread of the virus. To simulate this process ...
