Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Understanding the Ebola Virus Outbreak

9th - 10th
Dr. Rishi Desai, a pediatric infectious disease physician, describes the Ebola outbreak, symptoms, fatality rate, and transmission. [11:16]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spillover Zika, Ebola & Beyond: Part 8: Dodging Bullets

9th - 10th
The highly contagious and pandemic nature of Ebola was exposed in 2014, when an infected US diplomat flew from Liberia to Nigeria, exposing dozens of passerby and doctors along the way. Contact tracing and quarantine can contain an...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spillover Zika, Ebola & Beyond: Part 5: Contact Tracing

9th - 10th
Find out why contact tracing is such a crucial part of controlling outbreaks of infectious disease. Tracing back to patient zero during the West African Ebola outbreak shed light on Ebola's zoonotic origins and rapid spread. Contact...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spillover Zika, Ebola & Beyond: Part 9: The Predict Project

9th - 10th
See Jonna Mazet's innovative PREDICT Project in action. PREDICT is a worldwide effort to use animal surveillance to monitor viruses, proactively preventing and containing outbreaks of infectious disease by identitifying points of...