In 1976, the laboratory of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp received a Thermos from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a vast central African country then called Zaire. In it was the blood of a Flemish nun who had died of an unknown disease. The mysterious illness caused fever, uncontrollable diarrhoea and haemorrhagic bleeding. Most people who contracted it were dead within weeks. Only later was it given a name: Ebola.
1976年，安特卫普热带医学研究所(Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp)的实验室收到了一个来自刚果民主共和国（这个广阔的中非国家当时还叫扎伊尔）的保温瓶。瓶中装的是一个死于未知疾病的佛兰芒修女的血液。这种神秘的疾病会导致发烧、无法止住的腹泻和内出血。大多数感染这种疾病的人会在数周内死亡。直到后来，人们才给这种病毒起名为“埃博拉”。
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