A Look at the Epidemiology of Ebola Virus
Ihsan Al-Bayati, Sarmad Said
Department of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX, USA
Med Sci Rev 2014; 1:15-17
DOI: 10.12659/MSRev.893119
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Published: 2014-11-24
Abstract:
Ebolavirus and the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa merged recently to be in the center of significant public attention. Although Ebolavirus has been know for more than 4 decades as a fatal infection, historical outbreaks were not as dramatic as the ongoing one we are facing now. Medical Science Review Journal devoted a special issue and a separate section to collect and provide the latest updates available on the virus, it progressions, and promising developmental drugs.
Keywords: Bias (Epidemiology), Disease Outbreaks, Ebolavirus
