Tackling emerging infections: clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015.
Naomi F
Walker
;
Christopher Jm
Whitty
;
(2015)
Tackling emerging infections: clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015.
Clin Med, 15 (5).
pp. 457-460.
ISSN 1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-457
The magnitude of the 2014-2015 West African Ebola virus disease outbreak was unforeseen at its onset and the initial international response was slow. The high mortality and the panic that this outbreak induced had a major effect on health systems. In this article we discuss some of the key public health and clinical lessons from this Ebola outbreak, including combining epidemiology, modelling and anthropology, and the initial evidence for the importance of fluid and antibiotic management.
Item Type | Article |
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ISI | 362389700011 |
Date Deposited | 05 Oct 2015 19:05 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3345-7694