Congo's Ebola Epidemic May Have Gone Undetected for Months The Democratic Republic of Congo is no stranger to crisis response, having dealt with numerous Ebola outbreaks in recent years.
However, the country's authorities appear to have been woefully unprepared for this latest epidemic, which may have begun months before its official declaration in May.
Researchers at the Pasteur Institute in Paris have pointed out that high mortality rates among livestock, known as "pig Ebola," were reported before previous human outbreaks in the region.