Ebola virus is unlikely to become endemic in West Africa

Concern over Ebola becoming endemic in West Africa has appeared in the medical and lay media. Routes of transmission, rates of viral evolution, suitability of humans as hosts and rarity of spillover events make this very unlikely. Without evidence that endemic Ebola is likely, ending epidemics shoul...

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Autores principales: Sprecher, Armand, Feldmann, Heinz, Hensley, Lisa E., Kobinger, Gary, Nichol, Stuart T., Strong, Jim, Van Herp, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7097381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27572170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.7
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Sumario:Concern over Ebola becoming endemic in West Africa has appeared in the medical and lay media. Routes of transmission, rates of viral evolution, suitability of humans as hosts and rarity of spillover events make this very unlikely. Without evidence that endemic Ebola is likely, ending epidemics should remain the focus.

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