ebola outbreak 2014: measures for prevention and control.
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Ebola Outbreak 2014: Measures for Prevention and Control
Ebola virus disease (EVD), previously named as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is often a highly fatal illness (1). The disease occurs in outbreaks mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and the largest of the outbreaks is the ongoing 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak. The disease has a mortality rate of upto 90% and so far 1711 cases & 932 deaths (till 6 Aug, 2014) have been reported in four African countries (...
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iranian journal of public healthجلد ۴۳، شماره ۱۲، صفحات ۱۷۱۴-۵
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