Open AccessEpidemiology and Risk Factors for Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone—23 May 2014 to 31 January 2015
Author(s) -
Patricia M. Dietz,
Amara Jambai,
Janusz T. Pawęska,
Zabulon Yoti,
Thomas G. Ksaizek
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ568
Subject(s) - medicine , sierra leone , ebola virus , incidence (geometry) , population , epidemiology , pediatrics , disease , environmental health , physics , development economics , optics , economics
Sierra Leone has the most cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) ever reported. Trends in laboratory-confirmed EVD, symptom presentation, and risk factors have not been fully described.
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