A physician tests the blood of an Ebola virus victim at Kikwit General Hospital. The 1995 Ebola epidemic killed 245 people in the city of Kikwit over a period of a few months. (Photo by © Patrick Robert/Sygma/CORBIS/Sygma via Getty Images)
299844 09: Health workers transport a casket of a nun whose death resulted from an Ebola infection January 1, 1995 in Kikwit, Zaire. The rare Ebola fever, transmitted by contaminated injections and certain forms of personal contact, killed approximately 245 people outside the capitol of Kinshasa. (Photo by Malcolm Linton/Liaison)
299844 15: Residents and health workers stand at the local hospital January 1, 1995 in Kikwit, Zaire. The rare Ebola fever, transmitted by contaminated injections and certain forms of personal contact, killed approximately 245 people outside the capitol of Kinshasa. (Photo by Malcolm Linton/Liaison)
299844 13: Health workers wash the floors of the local hospital January 1, 1995 in Kikwit, Zaire. The rare Ebola fever, transmitted by contaminated injections and certain forms of personal contact, killed approximately 245 people outside the capitol of Kinshasa. (Photo by Malcolm Linton/Liaison)
These temporary screens and tents were erected on the grounds of the Kikwit General Hospital, located in Kikwit, Zaire, 1995. The screens in the background, limit access to patient areas, while the tents were used by staff when they changed into their protective clothing. Such measures were implemented in order to help prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. Image courtesy CDC/Ethleen Lloyd, 1995. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
