Successful Control of Ebola Virus Disease: Analysis of Service Based Data from Rural Sierra Leone.

• Main Authors: Kamalini Lokuge (Author), Grazia Caleo (Author), Jane Greig (Author), Jennifer Duncombe (Author), Nicholas McWilliam (Author), James Squire (Author), Manjo Lamin (Author), Emily Veltus (Author), Anja Wolz (Author), Gary Kobinger (Author), Marc-Antoine de la Vega (Author), Osman Gbabai (Author), Sao Nabieu (Author), Mohammed Lamin (Author), Ronald Kremer (Author), Kostas Danis (Author), Emily Banks (Author), Kathryn Glass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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INTRODUCTION:The scale and geographical distribution of the current outbreak in West Africa raised doubts as to the effectiveness of established methods of control. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was first detected in Sierra Leone in May 2014 in Kailahun district. Despite high case numbers elsewhere in t...