[HTML][HTML] The emergence of Ebola as a global health security threat: From 'lessons learned'to coordinated multilateral containment efforts
S Kalra, D Kelkar, SC Galwankar… - Journal of global …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
First reported in remote villages of Africa in the 1970s, the Ebolavirus was originally believed
to be transmitted to people from wild animals. Ebolavirus (EBOV) causes a severe,
frequently fatal hemorrhagic syndrome in humans. Each outbreak of the Ebolavirus over the
last three decades has perpetuated fear and economic turmoil among the local and regional
populations in Africa. Until now it has been considered a tragic malady confined largely to
the isolated regions of the African continent, but it is no longer so. The frequency of …
to be transmitted to people from wild animals. Ebolavirus (EBOV) causes a severe,
frequently fatal hemorrhagic syndrome in humans. Each outbreak of the Ebolavirus over the
last three decades has perpetuated fear and economic turmoil among the local and regional
populations in Africa. Until now it has been considered a tragic malady confined largely to
the isolated regions of the African continent, but it is no longer so. The frequency of …