Hospital errors jeopardize Angola virus battle.

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Hospital errors jeopardize Angola virus battle.

May 11, 2005

Grady D. New York Times. April 30, 2005.

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The author reports on incidents in an Angolan hospital where doctors and patients were exposed to a deadly virus when hospital staff violated infection control procedures.

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