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The Ebola outbreak, 2013-2016: old lessons for new epidemics.
Coltart, Cordelia E M; Lindsey, Benjamin; Ghinai, Isaac; Johnson, Anne M; Heymann, David L.
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  • Coltart CE; Research Department of Infection and Population Health, UCL, London WC1E 6JB, UK cordelia.coltart@ucl.ac.uk.
  • Lindsey B; Chatham House, London SW1Y 4LE, UK.
  • Ghinai I; Research Department of Infection and Population Health, UCL, London WC1E 6JB, UK.
  • Johnson AM; Research Department of Infection and Population Health, UCL, London WC1E 6JB, UK.
  • Heymann DL; Chatham House, London SW1Y 4LE, UK.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci ; 372(1721)2017 May 26.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28396469
Ebola virus causes a severe haemorrhagic fever in humans with high case fatality and significant epidemic potential. The 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa was unprecedented in scale, being larger than all previous outbreaks combined, with 28 646 reported cases and 11 323 reported deaths. It was also unique in its geographical distribution and multicountry spread. It is vital that the lessons learned from the world's largest Ebola outbreak are not lost. This article aims to provide a detailed description of the evolution of the outbreak. We contextualize this outbreak in relation to previous Ebola outbreaks and outline the theories regarding its origins and emergence. The outbreak is described by country, in chronological order, including epidemiological parameters and implementation of outbreak containment strategies. We then summarize the factors that led to rapid and extensive propagation, as well as highlight the key successes, failures and lessons learned from this outbreak and the response.This article is part of the themed issue 'The 2013-2016 West African Ebola epidemic: data, decision-making and disease control'.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doença pelo Vírus Ebola / Ebolavirus / Epidemias Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doença pelo Vírus Ebola / Ebolavirus / Epidemias Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article