What factors might have led to the emergence of ebola in West Africa?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Alexander, Kathleen A ^a   Sanderson, Claire E ^a   Marathe, Madav ^b,c   Lewis, Bryan L ^c   Rivers, Caitlin M ^c   Shaman, Jeffrey ^d   Drake, John M ^e   Lofgren, Eric ^c   Dato, Virginia M ^f   Eisenberg, Marisa C ^g   Eubank, Stephen ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84934779952     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003652     Document Type: Review

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