Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone

Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone
Cropped satellite view of S. Leone
DiseaseEbola virus
Confirmed cases14,061 (as of 25 October 2015)[1]
Deaths
3,955

An Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone occurred in 2014, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia. At the time it was discovered, it was thought that Ebola virus was not endemic to Sierra Leone or to the West African region and that the epidemic represented the first time the virus was discovered there.[2] However, US researchers pointed to lab samples used for Lassa fever testing to suggest that Ebola had been in Sierra Leone as early as 2006.[3]

  1. ^ "Ebola Situation Report – 28 October 2015" (PDF). World Health Organisation. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ WHO Ebola Response Team; Aylward, B; Barboza, P; Bawo, L; Bertherat, E; Bilivogui, P; Blake, I; Brennan, R; Briand, S; Chakauya, J. M; Chitala, K; Conteh, R. M; Cori, A; Croisier, A; Dangou, J. M; Diallo, B; Donnelly, C. A; Dye, C; Eckmanns, T; Ferguson, N. M; Formenty, P; Fuhrer, C; Fukuda, K; Garske, T; Gasasira, A; Gbanyan, S; Graaff, P; Heleze, E; Jambai, A; et al. (2014). "Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — the First 9 Months of the Epidemic and Forward Projections". New England Journal of Medicine. 371 (16): 1481–1495. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1411100. PMC 4235004. PMID 25244186.
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