Perspectives on West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak, 2013–2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Spengler, Jessica R. ; Ervin, Elizabeth D. ; Towner, Jonathan S. ; Rollin, Pierre E. ; Nichol, Stuart T.
• Description:
  The variety of factors that contributed to the initial undetected spread of Ebola virus disease in West Africa during 2013-2016 and the difficulty controlling the outbreak once the etiology was identified highlight priorities for disease prevention, detection, and response. These factors include occurrence in a region recovering from civil instability and lacking experience with Ebola response; inadequate surveillance, recognition of suspected cases, and Ebola diagnosis; mobile populations and extensive urban transmission; and the community's insufficient general understanding about the disease. The magnitude of the outbreak was not attributable to a substantial change of the virus. Continued efforts during the outbreak and in preparation for future outbreak response should involve identifying the reservoir, improving in-country detection and response capacity, conducting survivor studies and supporting survivors, engaging in culturally appropriate public education and risk communication, building productive interagency relationships, and continuing support for basic research.
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Ebolavirus Geography, Medical Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/Epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/History Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/Prevention & Control Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/Transmission History, 21St Century Humans Population Surveillance Risk Factors

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(6):956-963.
• Pubmed ID:
  27070842
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4880067
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa, Western
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b9fcf7bf79af8418d1b5b50a5ef0ade5018b6200129fb633a7c206ebd3dd6a05
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39704/cdc_39704_DS1.pdf
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