Author/Authors :
Malik, Mamunur Rahman World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean - Department of Communicable Diseases, Egypt , Mahjour, Jaouad World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean - Department of Communicable Diseases, Egypt , Alwan, Ala World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt
Abstract :
The current outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa is unlike any of the previous outbreaks caused by the disease because of the unprecedented speed with which it is evolving. A number of countries in western Africa are currently affected – Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo.