Between 2001 and 2005, Ebola virus ravaged the gorilla population in a remote section of equatorial Africa. A new analysis suggests that this outbreak, which killed 254 people, also claimed more than 5,500 western-lowland gorillas.
APES IN PERIL. In the past 5 years, Ebola virus has killed more than 5,500 of the gorillas, which are endangered, in an isolated area of the Republic of the Congo, a new analysis suggests.
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