Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 2014 – 2016: Epidemic timeline, differential diagnoses, determining factors, and lessons for future response
The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) that raged between 2014 and 2016 in the West African sub-region was one of the global epidemics that spiked international public health concern in the last decade. Since the discovery of ebolavirus in 1976, the 2014-2016 epidemics have been the worst with si...
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| author | Ramat Toyin Kamorudeen Kamoru Ademola Adedokun Ayodeji Oluwadare Olarinmoye |
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| description | The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) that raged between 2014 and 2016 in the West African sub-region was one of the global epidemics that spiked international public health concern in the last decade. Since the discovery of ebolavirus in 1976, the 2014-2016 epidemics have been the worst with significant case fatality rates and socioeconomic impact in the affected countries. This review looks at important health determinants that directly accounted for the spatial events of rapid spread and severity of EVD in West Africa, with consequent high fatality rates. It also brings up a time-point health determinant model to conceptualize understanding of this important outbreak with a view to enlightening the public andproviding valuable recommendations that may be crucial to preventing or curtailing any future outbreak of the disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-090d63f36d1040a7bb032658f68e759c2022-12-22T01:11:06ZengElsevierJournal of Infection and Public Health1876-03412020-07-01137956962Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 2014 – 2016: Epidemic timeline, differential diagnoses, determining factors, and lessons for future responseRamat Toyin Kamorudeen0Kamoru Ademola Adedokun1Ayodeji Oluwadare Olarinmoye2Public Health Department, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, United Kingdom; Children Welfare Unit, Osun State Hospital Management Board, Asubiaro, Osogbo, Osun State, NigeriaDepartment of Oral Pathology, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author.Engineer Abdullah Bugshan Research Chair for Dental and Oral Rehabilitation (DOR), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Centre for Control and Prevention of Zoonoses (CCPZ), University of Ibadan, Ibadan, NigeriaThe outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) that raged between 2014 and 2016 in the West African sub-region was one of the global epidemics that spiked international public health concern in the last decade. Since the discovery of ebolavirus in 1976, the 2014-2016 epidemics have been the worst with significant case fatality rates and socioeconomic impact in the affected countries. This review looks at important health determinants that directly accounted for the spatial events of rapid spread and severity of EVD in West Africa, with consequent high fatality rates. It also brings up a time-point health determinant model to conceptualize understanding of this important outbreak with a view to enlightening the public andproviding valuable recommendations that may be crucial to preventing or curtailing any future outbreak of the disease.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034120304275EbolavirusEpidemicCase fatalityHealth determinant modelWest Africa |
| spellingShingle | Ramat Toyin Kamorudeen Kamoru Ademola Adedokun Ayodeji Oluwadare Olarinmoye Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 2014 – 2016: Epidemic timeline, differential diagnoses, determining factors, and lessons for future response Journal of Infection and Public Health Ebolavirus Epidemic Case fatality Health determinant model West Africa |
| title | Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 2014 – 2016: Epidemic timeline, differential diagnoses, determining factors, and lessons for future response |
| title_full | Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 2014 – 2016: Epidemic timeline, differential diagnoses, determining factors, and lessons for future response |
| title_fullStr | Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 2014 – 2016: Epidemic timeline, differential diagnoses, determining factors, and lessons for future response |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 2014 – 2016: Epidemic timeline, differential diagnoses, determining factors, and lessons for future response |
| title_short | Ebola outbreak in West Africa, 2014 – 2016: Epidemic timeline, differential diagnoses, determining factors, and lessons for future response |
| title_sort | ebola outbreak in west africa 2014 2016 epidemic timeline differential diagnoses determining factors and lessons for future response |
| topic | Ebolavirus Epidemic Case fatality Health determinant model West Africa |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034120304275 |
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