In his book about the 1976 outbreak, "Ebola", William Close writes that Nurse Mayinga had treated a nun named Sister Fermina, who worked at the Catholic mission in Yambuku, the center of the outbreak.
In his book about the 1976 outbreak, "Ebola", William Close writes that Nurse Mayinga had treated a nun who died from disease during the first month of epidemic. The nun, Sister Fermina, worked at the Catholic mission in Yambuku, the center of the outbreak.