31.   The current outbreak in Japan has been blamed on contaminated school lunches, but officials there have not been able to determine the specific food that contained the bacteria.

32.   The current outbreak was worsened by heavy rains in which large numbers of rats drowned and were left to decompose.

33.   The other two, according to the World Health Organization, started in hospitals, which is where the current outbreak in Kikwit also began.

34.   The number of deaths in the current outbreak has been difficult to confirm because of conflicting reports and the uncertainty that Ebola was the cause of all deaths.

35.   The Palestinian leader has spent nearly all of the current outbreak of violence holed up at his headquarters in the Gaza Strip.

36.   The strain was unlike previous Ebola viruses and apparently is not connected to the current outbreak in Zaire.

37.   The strain of the virus involved in the current outbreak has been identified as Ebola Sudan, one of three strains that can infect humans.

38.   There have been several bombing attacks by Palestinians against Israeli targets during the current outbreak of violence.

39.   The virus has sometimes infected migratory birds but Dr. Margaret Chan, director of health, said there is no evidence they are involved in the current outbreak.

40.   This current outbreak was first reported last week.