Ebola virus in West Africa
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Containing Ebola virus infection in West Africa.
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is leaving a mark deeper and wider than ever before. The current outbreak now spans five countries in West Africa – Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone – with over 4,200 cases and 2,200 deaths reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of 6 September 2014 (Figure 1) [1]. Unfortunately, with many cases either not reported or yet to show symptoms, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Microbiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1740-1526,1740-1534
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3267