Nova Looks into the Hot Zone and Ebola Outbreak

This map shows how the worst Ebola epidemic in history is spreading through Western Africa

source: http://qz.com/248542/this-interactive-map-shows-how-the-worst-ebola-epidemic-in-history-is-spreading-through-western-africa/

The map above attempts to provide the most detailed possible visualization of the ongoing Ebola outbreak that has infected over 1,800 people and claimed more than 1,000 lives.

The Ebola outbreak first surfaced in forested regions of southeastern Guinea near the borders of Liberia and Sierra Leone. Patient zero, a two-year-old boy, died in Guéckédou, Guinea, in December 2013, but news of the disease failed to reach a large international audience until a World Health Organization announcement that 49 cases had been identified as of March 22, 2014.