What factors might have led to the emergence of Ebola in West Africa?

• Main Authors: Kathleen A Alexander (Author), Claire E Sanderson (Author), Madav Marathe (Author), Bryan L Lewis (Author), Caitlin M Rivers (Author), Jeffrey Shaman (Author), John M Drake (Author), Eric Lofgren (Author), Virginia M Dato (Author), Marisa C Eisenberg (Author), Stephen Eubank (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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An Ebola outbreak of unprecedented scope emerged in West Africa in December 2013 and presently continues unabated in the countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Ebola is not new to Africa, and outbreaks have been confirmed as far back as 1976. The current West African Ebola outbreak is the l...