Social Consequences of Ebola Containment Measures in Liberia.

In the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia, two major emergency disease-control measures were cremation of bodies and enforcement of quarantine for asymptomatic individuals suspected of being in contact with a positive case. Enforced by State-related actors, these were promoted as the only...

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Main Authors: Umberto Pellecchia, Rosa Crestani, Tom Decroo, Rafael Van den Bergh, Yasmine Al-Kourdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4674104?pdf=render