Ebola: worldwide dissemination risk and response priorities

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Ebola: worldwide dissemination risk and response priorities Benjamin J Cowling, Hongjie Yu  The Lancet  Volume 385, Issue 9962, Pages 7-9 (January 2015) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61895-X Copyright © 2015 Cowling et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-SA Terms and Conditions

Figure Geographic location of reported cases of Ebola virus disease as of Oct 16, 2014 Among all reported cases in the 2014 outbreak to date, most infections have been contracted in three countries in west Africa: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The Lancet 2015 385, 7-9DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61895-X) Copyright © 2015 Cowling et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-SA Terms and Conditions