A day-by-day chronicle of the 2013-2016 ebola outbreak / Stephan Gregory Bullard.
Bullard, Stephan Gregory, author.
2018
RC140.5
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access
Concurrent users Unlimited
Authorized users Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks

Details

Title A day-by-day chronicle of the 2013-2016 ebola outbreak / Stephan Gregory Bullard.
Author Bullard, Stephan Gregory, author.
ISBN 9783319765655 (electronic book)
3319765655 (electronic book)
9783319765648
3319765647
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76565-5
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages) : illustrations
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-76565-5 doi
Call Number RC140.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 614.5/88
Summary This powerful history describes the daily progression of the Ebola outbreak that swept across West Africa and struck Europe and America from December 2013 to June 2016. A case study on a massive scale, it follows the narratives of numerous patients as well as the journey of physicians and scientists from discovery to action and from tracking to containment. The unfolding story reveals ever-shifting complexities such as the varied paths the infection took from country to country, the multiple responses of community members, and the occurrence of flare-ups when the outbreak was seemingly over. The book’s finely-documented present-tense reporting records key facts, events, and observations, including: Routes of Ebola transmission, incubation, symptoms, short- and long-term effects on survivors Early attempts to understand and contain the virus and curb practices contributing to its spread Medical, governmental, and public responses, from local education programs to global efforts Communication and conflict between healthcare workers and communities Social and economic outcomes of Ebola in the affected nations Ebola remains incurable, although a vaccine is now available. For members of the medical community, public health officials, medical historians, scholarly professionals, and interested laypeople, A Day-by-Day Chronicle of the 2013-2016 Ebola Outbreak makes starkly clear what we can learn from these events not only for future outbreaks of Ebola, but also for the emergence of as-yet unknown diseases.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 18, 2018).
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783319765648
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Intro; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Ebola Virus Disease; 1.3 Ebola Case Definitions; 1.4 History of Zaire ebolavirus; 1.5 Notes on the Text; References; Chapter 2: Initial Outbreak Period (December 2013-May 22, 2014); 2.1 Day-by-Day Outbreak Entries (December 2013-May 22, 2014); References; Chapter 3: Escalation (May 23, 2014-August 31, 2014); 3.1 Day-by-Day Outbreak Entries (May 23, 2014-August 31, 2014); References; Chapter 4: The Peak in Africa (September 2014)

4.1 Day-by-Day Outbreak Entries (September 2014)References; Chapter 5: Global Spread (October 2014); 5.1 Day-by-Day Outbreak Entries (October 2014); References; Chapter 6: Beginning of the Decline (November-December 2014); 6.1 Day-by-Day Outbreak Entries (November-December 2014); References; Chapter 7: Simmering to the End (January 2015-June 2016); 7.1 Day-by-Day Outbreak Entries (January 2015-June 2016); References; Chapter 8: Outbreak Data; 8.1 Chapter Overview; 8.2 Timeline of the 2013-2016 Ebola Outbreak; 8.3 Border Closings; 8.4 People Involved with the Ebola Outbreak

8.5 Casualty Table and MapsReference; Index

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export