Containment in Sierra Leone: the inability of a state to confront Ebola?
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Containment in Sierra Leone: the inability of a state to confront Ebola?
The present Ebola virus disease outbreak is spreading across west African nations with alarming rapidity. As of Sept 21, the total number of recorded cases has soared to 6263, with 2917 deaths. The situation is very likely to continue to worsen when the aff ected countries witness the exhaustion of their capacities to respond to a threat of this magnitude, and because massive international assi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61594-4