The Case for Improved Diagnostic Tools to Control Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa and How to Get There | Zendy

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The Case for Improved Diagnostic Tools to Control Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa and How to Get There

Author(s) -

Arlene Chua,

Jane Cunningham,

Francis Moussy,

Mark D. Perkins,

Pierre Formenty

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

plos neglected tropical diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.99

H-Index - 135

eISSN - 1935-2735

pISSN - 1935-2727

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003734

Subject(s) - sierra leone , ebola virus , outbreak , ebolavirus , transmission (telecommunications) , virology , disease , environmental health , geography , medicine , economic growth , socioeconomics , pathology , sociology , electrical engineering , economics , engineering

The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, with the widest and most intense transmission occurring in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, has claimed more than 8,000 lives since it began in December 2013. It has had a massive impact on already fragile health systems and now threatens food security. The latest World Health Organization (WHO) report has shown that there has been a decrease in the cases in January 2015 [1].

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