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Psychosocial effects of an Ebola outbreak at individual, community and international levels

The 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone was the worst in history with over 28 000 cases and 11 000 deaths. Here we examine the psychosocial consequences of the epidemic. Ebola is a traumatic illness both in terms of symptom severity and mortality rates. Those affected are li...

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Autores principales: Van Bortel, Tine, Basnayake, Anoma, Wurie, Fatou, Jambai, Musu, Koroma, Alimamy Sultan, Muana, Andrew T, Hann, Katrina, Eaton, Julian, Martin, Steven, Nellums, Laura B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: World Health Organization 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4773931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26966332
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.158543