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Author Sabeti, Pardis, 1975- author.

Title Outbreak culture : the Ebola crisis and the next epidemic / Pardis Sabeti and Lara Salahi.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 255 pages) : map, illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary An award-winning genetic researcher and a tenacious journalist examine each phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the largest and deadliest of its kind. Their postmortem identifies factors that kept key information from reaching doctors, complicated the government's response to the crisis, and left responders unprepared for the next outbreak.-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Setting for disaster -- The crucible of outbreak response -- The case for collaboration -- The wavering response -- Distrust in a culture of compassion -- Epidemic of fear -- Investment and accountability -- Ebola's fallout -- Navigating the next epidemic.
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Subject Ebola virus disease -- Africa, West -- History.
Ebola virus disease.
West Africa.
History.
Ebola virus disease -- Africa, West -- Epidemiology.
Epidemiology.
Epidemics.
Epidemics.
Public health -- Africa, West -- History.
Public health.
Africa, Western -- epidemiology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Salahi, Lara, 1986- author.
Added Title Ebola crisis and the next epidemic
Other Form: Print version: Sabeti, Pardis, 1975- Outbreak culture. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018 9780674976115 (DLC) 2018014987 (OCoLC)1028618451
ISBN 9780674916272 (electronic book)
0674916271 (electronic book)
9780674916289 (epub)
067491628X (epub)
9780674916296 (mobi)
0674916298 (mobi)
9780674976115
0674976118
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