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ArticleInfectious diseases of poverty2015

Ebola wreaks havoc in Sierra Leone.

Mohamed Koroma, Shan Lv

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Article in Infectious diseases of poverty, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Drivers of African Filovirus (Ebola and Marburg) Outbreaks.Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2022
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  2. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, the first five years.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohamed KoromaFourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone ; Freetown City Council, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Shan LvNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC, Shanghai, People's Republic of China ; WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
National Institute for Parasitic Diseases · CNUniversity of Sierra Leone · SL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEbola virus disease has taken a toll on more than 8,000 lives in West Africa in 2014. The most affected countries are Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The number of people infected by Ebola in Sierra Leone surpassed that of Liberia in the last month in this year and almost half of human cases are distributed in this country. DISCUSSION: The ignorance on Ebola among people, including health workers at the early stage, plaid an important role in spread of Ebola virus disease. Subsequently, Ebola ravages urban settings for the first time and takes a huge toll on the lives. The government and international partners do make efforts to control the epidemic, however, lack of synergy make them lip service. SUMMARY: The leading role of government in the response to the epidemic should be emphasized. Basic information of Ebola should be quickly spread among communities by health education programme and social mobilization should be a basic measure for Ebola control.

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PMCPMC4328734
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