Liberia post Ebola: ready for another outbreak?
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Sociocultural dimensions of the ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia.
S ince December 2013, an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the West African nation of Guinea has rapidly evolved into a humanitarian crisis of unforeseen proportions, overwhelming vulnerable communities in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal. While previous outbreaks of Ebola cumulatively resulted in 2,486 cases and 1,590 deaths, the current Ebola epidemic has so far resulted in 8,376 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30891-8