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. 2015 Feb;92(2):229-232.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0818. Epub 2015 Jan 5.

The year that Ebola virus took over west Africa: missed opportunities for prevention

Daniel G Bausch

The year that Ebola virus took over west Africa: missed opportunities for prevention

Daniel G Bausch. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Feb.
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Figure 1.
Map of the Mano River Union countries (Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia) showing the total number of cases of Ebola virus disease for each region (key) and the approximate known endemic area for Lassa fever (dotted oval line). Sites of the four laboratories included in the Mano River Union Lassa Fever Network (MRU-LFN) are indicated by black stars: Kenema, Sierra Leone; Monrovia, Liberia; Conakry, Guinea; and N'Zérékoré, Guinea. Guéckédou, Guinea, where the Ebola outbreak is thought to have begun, is indicated by a red star. Adapted from the Ebola Response Road Map, December 17, 2014, World Health Organization and Khan et al.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Healthcare workers and patients in the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa ward in 2005. Photos by D.G.B. and A. Wurie.
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