The perspective of gender on the Ebola virus using a risk management and population health framework: a scoping review

Abstract Background In the three decades since the first reported case of Ebola virus, most known index cases have been consistently traced to the hunting of “bush meat”, and women have consistently recorded relatively high fatality rates in most catastrophic outbreaks. This paper discusses Ebola-re...

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Main Authors: Miriam N. Nkangu, Oluwasayo A. Olatunde, Sanni Yaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-017-0346-7