It is perfectly okay to be a bit freaked out by the Zaire ebolavirus...

The Zaire ebolavirus (abbreviated as EBOV) is one of 5 species of ebolavirus and a member of the same viral family as the species Marburg marburgvirus (yeah, I know). Three of the ebolaviruses, EBOV, Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) and Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) are associated with Ebola virus disease...

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MERS-CoV: maps, totals, sex, age and different populations

This is a static page - the internet address won't change, just the charts as I add new numbers and update them. The page will follow Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) detections by day, month and the cumulative tallies, worldwide and focus on subset of the numbers that are public available. That means these graphs are at the mercy of each nation's willingness...

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