How many people get Ebola per year?

Answer 1

Ebola epidemic was recorded some where in 1971 and 1973 in Africa. The visitors to Kitum cave got the infection each time.The entire population of few villages was killed and the disease got controlled probably. Ebola was carried to US via infected monkeys near New York City. There was controversy between two experts on how to manage the problem. The epidemic in the monkeys was controlled effectively and confidently by the expert from the CDC and no human got the infection. That expert wrote the chapter on Ebola in Oxford text book of medicine 1990 edition. Ebola infection was unknown for many years, till recent known epidemic.

Answer 2

According to the World Health Organization, there have been about 1,200 deaths since the virus was identified in 1976 until their report in 2008. That works out to about 37.5 deaths per year.

Answer 3

The number of people who get Ebola varies from just a few until this latest outbreak. There were around 4,000 at that time.

Answer 4

between 20 and 300