Ebola in urban slums: the elephant in the room

Affiliations

¹ Division of Epidemiology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
² Division of Epidemiology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: lwriley@berkeley.edu.

Robert E Snyder et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;2(12):e685.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70339-0. Epub 2014 Oct 30.

¹ Division of Epidemiology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
² Division of Epidemiology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: lwriley@berkeley.edu.

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