Open AccessTime to put Ebola in context
Author(s) -
Melissa Leach
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.10.030710
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , ebola virus , geography , virology , biology , environmental ethics , outbreak , archaeology , philosophy
Viruses that cause haemorrhagic fevers have been popularized by the media as fierce predators that threaten to devastate global populations. Professor Melissa Leach says there is much to learn from combining local and scientific knowledge in dealing with these deadly pathogens.