In 1976, the Ebola virus leapt from its animal reservoir into a human host, igniting the first recorded outbreak of the virus in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. But a newly published investigation assesses whether Ebola may have infected humans as early as 2,400 years ago—in ancient Greece.
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