In another example of the power of collaborative technologies leveraged for healthcare, the spread of Ebola has been tracked on a Google Map from its original 1976 outbreak in Zaire to the recent airlift to Atlanta of two infected American aid workers.
In addition to showing the locations of the various instances of the infection spreading, the constantly updated map provides some great resources on the pathogenicity of the five strains of the virus, the WHO’s many reports on Ebola and the surprising number of laboratory accidents involving the deadly virus that have occurred around the world.
The map also documents some of the hearsay associated with the disease’s spread, such as the April rumors that Ebola had made its way to Italy.
Check it out:
View The Spread of Ebola Outbreaks (1976-2015) in a larger map
