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The number of infected health care workers declined after barrier nursing practices were begun during the Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak at Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1995. (From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization. Infection control for viral haemorrhagic fevers in the African health care setting. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 1998. Figs. 1, 3; with permission.)
