Sources suggest that burial rituals and testing missteps in the early stages of Congo's Ebola outbreak may have delayed detection. These delays could hinder efforts to control the spread of the disease, now an international health emergency.

<img alt="a man visible over his shoulder holds a baby in his arm as another man wearing a medical mask holds a thermometer to his head, reading his temperature" height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1d531a5e-c9c6-471e-b6c6-531b5df6e09f,1779121563165/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C158%2C5472%2C3078%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="A health official uses a thermometer to screen people amid an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda,...