The Hot Zone

How did the virus in Zaire spread?

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The virus began to spread through some type of blood to blood contact.

Whatever the original host of the virus, it seems that a blood-to-blood contact in the rain forest enabled the virus to move into the human world.
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Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (p. 99). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.