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Ebola : profile of a killer virus /

Ebola is a compelling account of the recent terrible epidemic which swept through West Africa. Why did it spread; what was the international response; what is the long-term impact; what lessons can be learned for the future? This book combines the latest scientific insights with personal accounts fr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crawford, Dorothy H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; EBOLA: PROFILE OF A KILLER VIRUS; Copyright; DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: When Disaster Strikes: The First Ebola Outbreak; Chapter 2: Ebola: The Virus and the Disease; Chapter 3: Ebola: The Years After Yambuku; Chapter 4: Ebola Strikes West Africa: The Catastrophic Events of 2014; Chapter 5: Ebola Epidemic: The Fight Back; Chapter 6: Ebola Epidemic: The Endgame; Chapter 7: 2014 Ebola Epidemic: Where, When, and How?; Chapter 8: Preventing Ebola; Chapter 9: Lessons Learned; POSTSCRIPT; GLOSSARY; NOTES; Introduction.