“Anthracis?” Young-Joon’s eyes widened. Michelle nodded her head with a worried expression.0

“Anthracis are bacteria that can live in the ground. If it makes spores underground, it can live for thirty years. Most sterilization methods don’t work, and the damage is continuous.0

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“It’s nothing new. Anthrax is one of the oldest diseases in Africa.”0

“Has the Ebola virus gone into anthracis?”0

“I don’t know for sure, but what we do know is that genes from the Ebola virus were found in the soil at the village of Bakori, where the first Ebola patient was from.”0

It was difficult to find a virus, something difficult to observe even with a microscope, in dirt. So, how was Michelle able to detect the presence of a virus? A technology called PCR could be used to amplify the virus’ genes in the suspected contaminated soil. If the gene was amplified, it meant that it was present, and if it wasn’t, it probably wasn’t present.0

“But we found the genes of anthracis and Ebola in the dirt,” Michelle said. “Doctor Ryu, as you know, Ebola is not a virus found in soil. The virus spreads from organism to organism and is transmitted through...0