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Editorial
. 2014 Jul 31;8(7):e3056.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003056. eCollection 2014.

Outbreak of ebola virus disease in Guinea: where ecology meets economy

Daniel G Bausch  1 , Lara Schwarz  2
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Editorial

Outbreak of ebola virus disease in Guinea: where ecology meets economy

Daniel G Bausch et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Map of the three countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) involved in the 2013–2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease as of June 20, 2014.
The putative first virus introduction and epicenter are in the vicinity of the town of Guéckédou in the Guinea Forest Region. CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/resources/distribution-map-guinea-outbreak.html.
Figure 2
Figure 2. African countries where endemic transmission of Ebola virus has been noted.
Figure 3
Figure 3. The area known as the Guinea Forest Region, now largely deforested because of logging and clearing and burning of the land for agriculture.
Photo credit: Daniel Bausch.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Scenes of the degraded infrastructure of the Guinea forest region.
A. Once-paved, but now deteriorated road; B, C, and D. Street views of the dilapidated town of Guéckédou, the epicenter of the Ebola virus disease outbreak. Photos credit: Frederique Jacquerioz.
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