| In May 2004 I was part of an international team that responded to an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in South Sudan. |
| Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe, often-fatal disease that affects humans and non-human primates, such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees. |
| Its scientists work with the deadliest known disease agents, including bubonic plague, anthrax and the ebola virus. |
| Currently, there is no vaccine for the Marburg virus, a form hemorrhagic fever like Ebola. |
| It is believed that viruses causing deadly diseases such as ebola and salmonella were procured in Russia and that anthrax was obtained from North Korea. |
| Other viral illnesses include influenza, the common cold, Lassa fever, and ebola. |
