Ebola: controlling the nightmare
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Ebola: controlling the nightmare.
The unprecedented outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa is a true global public health emergency, requiring extraordinary measures and global cooperation. Throughout 2014 the world has observed a global health crisis unfold in a way that has never been seen before (Box 1). Multiple outbreaks of EVD have overwhelmed healthcare and humanitarian services in many areas, restricting t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0035-9203,1878-3503
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru177