The 2014 Ebola outbreak : international and U.S. responses /
Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
The 2014 Ebola outbreak : international and U.S. responses / [electronic resource] Tiaji Salaam-Blyther - Washington, DC : CRS, 2014 - 22 p. - CRS report, R43697 .
SIP1409 "August 26, 2014". Ebola virus disease (Ebola or EVD) is a severe, often fatal disease that was first detected near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1976. Originating in animals, EVD is spread to and among humans through contact with the blood, secretions, organs, or other bodily fluids of those infected. It is not transmitted through the air. On March 22, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 49 people had contracted EVD in Guinea, West Africa, and 29 of them had died. As of mid-August, the virus had quickly spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.
diseases--medicine--Africa--West Africa
USA--official publication
USA--health--aid--Africa
Ebola
The 2014 Ebola outbreak : international and U.S. responses / [electronic resource] Tiaji Salaam-Blyther - Washington, DC : CRS, 2014 - 22 p. - CRS report, R43697 .
SIP1409 "August 26, 2014". Ebola virus disease (Ebola or EVD) is a severe, often fatal disease that was first detected near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1976. Originating in animals, EVD is spread to and among humans through contact with the blood, secretions, organs, or other bodily fluids of those infected. It is not transmitted through the air. On March 22, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 49 people had contracted EVD in Guinea, West Africa, and 29 of them had died. As of mid-August, the virus had quickly spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.
diseases--medicine--Africa--West Africa
USA--official publication
USA--health--aid--Africa
Ebola