Can you match the disease with the animal that spreads it?

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Scientists believe diseases that jump from animals or insects to humans are spreading faster because of deforestation, urbanization and global warming. About three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases in humans come from animals, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Can you identify which creatures pass along each pathogen to humans? 

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Bundibugyo (the species of Ebola virus behind the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo)

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Yersinia pestis (the bacteria that causes plague)

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