Ebola's curse : 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa /

'Ebola's Curse: 2013-2016 Outbreak in West Africa' is about hemorrhagic fever viruses, especially Ebola, its initial origin in central Africa 1976, its unprecedented appearance in West Africa in 2013. The book records in sequence and detective style how the initial outbreak of Ebola f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Oldstone, Michael B. A. (Autor), Oldstone, Madeleine R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2017.
Temas:
Ebola virus disease > Africa, West.
Epidemics > Africa, West.
Ebola virus disease.
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
Maladie �a virus Ebola > Afrique occidentale.
Maladie �a virus Ebola.
�Epid�emies > Afrique occidentale.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Ebola virus disease
Epidemics
West Africa
Internet Resources.
Maps.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Ebola's Curse; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Biography; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; References; 1 Ebola's Origin: A Limited but Devastating Viral Hemorrhagic Disease of Central Africa; References; 2 Ebola's Unanticipated Arrival in West Africa; References; 3 Kenema Government Hospital: From Lassa to Ebola; References; 4 Sheik Humarr Khan: Leading the Fight Against Ebola in Sierra Leone at Kenema Government Hospital; References; 5 ZMapp: The Ethics of Decision Making; References; 6 Robert Garry: Managing the Effort to Curtail Ebola's Curse; References.
  • Further Reading7 Pardis Sabeti: Geneticist Tracking Ebola's Travels and Changing Profile; References; 8 Ebola's Curse: Impact on the Economics of West Africa; References; 9 Ebola's Scorecard: Failure of the WHO and the International Community; References; Further Reading; Addendum; Index; Back Cover.

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