Ebola in Freetown area, Sierra Leone--a case study of 581 patients.

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Published in N Engl J Med on December 24, 2014

Authors

Rashid Ansumana1, Kathryn H Jacobsen, Foday Sahr, M'baimba Idris, Henry Bangura, Mohamed Boie-Jalloh, Joseph M Lamin, Santigie Sesay

Author Affiliations

1: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone.

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