Mortality, Morbidity and Health-Seeking Behaviour during the Ebola Epidemic 2014-2015 in Monrovia Results from a Mobile Phone Survey.

• Main Authors: Anna Kuehne (Author), Emily Lynch (Author), Esaie Marshall (Author), Amanda Tiffany (Author), Ian Alley (Author), Luke Bawo (Author), Moses Massaquoi (Author), Claudia Lodesani (Author), Philippe Le Vaillant (Author), Klaudia Porten (Author), Etienne Gignoux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Between March 2014 and July 2015 at least 10,500 Ebola cases including more than 4,800 deaths occurred in Liberia, the majority in Monrovia. However, official numbers may have underestimated the size of the outbreak. Closure of health facilities and mistrust in existing structures may have additiona...