Tackling emerging infections: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015

Naomi Walker; Christopher J.M. Whitty

doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-457

Tackling emerging infections: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015

Naomi Walker
, Christopher J.M. Whitty

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The magnitude of the 2014-2015 West African Ebola virus disease outbreak was unforeseen at its onset and the initial international response was slow. The high mortality and the panic that this outbreak induced had a major effect on health systems. In this article we discuss some of the key public health and clinical lessons from this Ebola outbreak, including combining epidemiology, modelling and anthropology, and the initial evidence for the importance of fluid and antibiotic management.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	457-460
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-457
Publication status	Published - 5 Oct 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Control
Ebola virus disease
Outbreak
Response
West Africa

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Walker, N., & Whitty, C. J. M. (2015). Tackling emerging infections: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015. Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 15(5), 457-460. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-457

Walker, Naomi ; Whitty, Christopher J.M. / Tackling emerging infections: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015. In: Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 2015 ; Vol. 15, No. 5. pp. 457-460.

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Walker N, Whitty CJM. Tackling emerging infections: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015. Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 2015 Oct 5;15(5):457-460. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-457

Tackling emerging infections: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015: Clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014-2015

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