Ebola 2014 — New Challenges, New Global Response and Responsibility

2014/08/20 by Thomas R. Frieden, Inger K. Damon, Beth P. Bell +2 · 262 citations
Medicine · Health Professions · #Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research #Disaster Response and Management #Viral Infections and Vectors #Medicine #Ebola vaccine #MEDLINE #Virology #Ebola virus #Outbreak #Law

paper · pdf · doi:10.1056/nejmp1409903

published in New England Journal of Medicine 371(13), 1177-1180 (Massachusetts Medical Society)

openalex publication_date 2014/08/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Stopping the Ebola outbreak at its source will take many months. But three core interventions have stopped every previous outbreak and can stop this one: exhaustive case and contact finding, effective response to patients and the community, and preventive interventions.

Citations

• Ebola haemorrhagic fever

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• Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review
• Ebola [wikipedia]