Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa: a moving target!
Abstract
This is a follow-up editorial on the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa, with its spread outside the region to the USA and Europe via the few individuals who travelled outside the three countries most affected by the epidemic. The number of infected individuals increases on a daily basis. As of 29 October 2014 (updated 31 October 2014), a total of 13 540 cases, of which 7 702 were laboratory confirmed, as well as 4 941 cumulative deaths, were reported in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.1 During the same period, countries with travel-associated cases have reported a total of 25 cases (of which 24 were laboratory confirmed) and nine deaths, as follows: Mali, one case (one death); Senegal, one case (no deaths); Nigeria, 20 cases (eight deaths); Spain, one case (one death) and the USA, four cases (one death).1
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