38 years after its discovery, Ebola virus spins out of control
Date
2014-09
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South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA)
Abstract
The evolutionary origin of Ebolaviruses is not very clear. The simple notion that these viruses have been circulating for many millennia in wildlife in tropical parts of Africa, occasionally spilling over into human populations, often brought on by human activities, may not be correct or at least incomplete. Over time a number of Ebola disease outbreaks reported and a pattern in the outbreak response seemed to have been established. A lot was also learnt about Ebola viruses, their epidemiology and ecology.
However, the 2014 Ebola outbreak challenges our understanding in many respects.
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CITATION: Preiser, W. 2014. 38 years after its discovery, Ebola virus spins out of control. SACEMA Quarterly, September.
The original publication is available at www.sacemaquarterly.com
The original publication is available at www.sacemaquarterly.com
Keywords
Ebola virus disease -- Africa
Citation
Preiser, W. 2014. 38 years after its discovery, Ebola virus spins out of control. SACEMA Quarterly, September 2014. http://sacemaquarterly.com/short-item/38-years-discovery-ebola-virus-spins-control.html