Fast growing ebola virus

world ' s worst recorded epidemic of the Ebola
virus has killed hundreds of people in the West
African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and
Liberia .
Nigeria recently reported its first case, when a
Liberian man collapsed after arriving at Lagos airport .
He was quarantined and later died.
Use the map below to see where cases of Ebola
have been reported. The data on affected areas and
the number of Ebola cases and deaths come from
the World Health Organization , the Centres for
Disease Control and Prevention and Liberia 's health
ministry.
Countries shaded in blue have experienced Ebola
outbreaks in the past.