A humanitarian response to the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak

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作者
Linda M. Mobula
Jolene H. Nakao
Sonia Walia
Justin Pendarvis
Peter Morris
David Townes
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[1] United States Agency for International Development,Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance
[2] Emergency Response and Recovery Branch,undefined
[3] Division of Global Health Protection,undefined
[4] Center for Global Health,undefined
[5] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,undefined
关键词
Ebola virus disease; Humanitarian; West Africa;
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10.1186/s41018-018-0039-2
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摘要
The 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa was of unprecedented magnitude with a total of 28,616 suspected, probable, and confirmed cases reported in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
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