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Review
. 2019 Jun;9(1):010322.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.010322.

Treating the host response: an alternative way to manage Ebola in Africa and the next influenza pandemic

David S Fedson  1
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Review

Treating the host response: an alternative way to manage Ebola in Africa and the next influenza pandemic

David S Fedson. J Glob Health. 2019 Jun.
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Competing interests: The author has completed the Unified Competing Interest form at www.icjme.org/coi_discolosure.pdf and declares no conflicts of interest.

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Photo: Entitled, “Waiting for an Ambulance”, this image was captured by CDC Public Health Advisor, Daniel W. Martin, MSPH. Too weak to sit up, this young girl in Masokory, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, was waiting for an ambulance to take her to the Ebola Holding Center in Magburaka, two and one half hours away (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.
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