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The disease was first found in western africa. imagine a workplace where the deadliest pathogens are kept. this is where one doctor thrives, a disease detective in every sense of the phrase. from anthrax to ebola and now zika, he s been solving the mysteries of pathogens for decades. reporter: at the cdc headquarters in atlanta, dr. sharif zaki s lab is busy. under these microscopes are some viruses you and i would likely never have heard of, and wouldn t want to. given that you don t know what exactly it is you re going to see under the microscope, how do you know to protect yourself, how can you be 100% sure that what you re dealing with isn t something that could make you sick? that s a good question. fortunately with pathology, ....
That introduced you to the world of ebola. the virus that s ravaging parts of west africa. is ravaging. especially sierra leone, liberia, new guinea. the first patient to develop ebola in the united states was thomas eric duncan may he rest in peace, he died at a dallas hospital in september. since then nine others recovered from ebola here. there are currently no new cases in the united states. that we know about. what can be expected in 2015? how is the fight against ebola going inside where it really matters in the hot zone? for answers we have dr. seema yasmine, a former disease detective for the cdc. disease detective. let s talk about what matters most which is part of the answer for people at home. it matters in west africa right now. how does the fight go there? absolutely. that is still the hot zone. we re still seeing increasing numbers of infections there. more than 500 cases reported in sierra leone just recently. ....
the united states and coalition partners have an immense amount of resources that can be used in order to effectively help the iraqi and kurdish forces as they go after mosul. there s a lot of outside as well as inside type of support that can be used. and still as you talk about the mutating cancer that is the radical islam, the terrorism, you worry about the lone wolf attacks in the united states even as you try to contain what s happening in the borders, we ll talk about that next time. spider marks, nice to see you, thank you. we hope though the pilot gets released. coming up a cdc worker being monitored after, he is posed to ebola, having no idea that it happened. how does something like this happen? especially at the cdc? what needs to change to present it from happening again? we re going to speak live to a former cdc disease detective. and what s the latest innovation in science that will leave an indelible mark on all of us? ....
Sudan. hundreds died. the death rate up to 90%. the next wave of outbreaks were not until the 1990s in gabon and ivory coast. the hot zone laid it out in great detail how scary ebola can be, victims bleeding, a source that is mysterious, and then hollywood joined in. your town is being quarn to an end. reporter: the movie outbreak was was inspired by ebola. the town is quarn to an end to save quarantined. 24 hours, 36 hours, 48 hours. reporter: scary? yes. accurate depiction, not exactly, says this cdc disease detective. it s only in the african setting in the resource-poor rural areas of africa and where there s very little water or soap or hygiene practices and the clinics and hospitals often there s a lack of gloves, gowns ....
the hot zone laid it out in great detail, just how scary ebola can be. victims who are bleeding, a source that is mysterious, and then hollywood joined in. your town is being quarantined. reporter: the movie outbreak was inspired by ebola the virus spreads to california and a whole town is quarantined to save a nation. projected virus, 24 hours, 36 hours, 48 hours. scary, yes? accurate depiction, not exactly says this cdc disease detective. it s really only in the african setting in the resource-poor, rural areas of africa and where there s very little water or soap or hygiene practices and in the clinics and hospitals often there s a lack of gloves and gowns and masks, it s only in that setting you really see efficient transmission of this virus. you know, the reason people are so alarmed about this particular outbreak is because ....