Ebola evolution during the 2013-2016 outbreak
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The Ebola outbreak, 2013–2016: old lessons for new epidemics
Ebola virus causes a severe haemorrhagic fever in humans with high case fatality and significant epidemic potential. The 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa was unprecedented in scale, being larger than all previous outbreaks combined, with 28 646 reported cases and 11 323 reported deaths. It was also unique in its geographical distribution and multicountry spread. It is vital that the lessons le...
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عنوان ژورنال: Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2551-668X
DOI: 10.24072/pci.evolbiol.100019