Fears and Misperceptions of the Ebola Response System during the 2014-2015 Outbreak in Sierra Leone.
BACKGROUND:Future infectious disease epidemics are likely to disproportionately affect countries with weak health systems, exacerbating global vulnerability. To decrease the severity of epidemics in these settings, lessons can be drawn from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. There is a dearth of lit...
Main Authors: | Thespina Yamanis, Elisabeth Nolan, Susan Shepler |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5068712?pdf=render |
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