Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come

by Richard Preston

Zaire is the most lethal of the six Ebolas; it is the homicidal elder sister. In the 1976 outbreak, Zaire Ebola killed 88 percent of its victims, though in subsequent outbreaks it killed roughly 60 to 70 percent.