@article{Hickey_Cheeseman Barthel_Blessington_Brown_Wong_Albrecht_Freese_Quitugua_2015, title={An Analysis of the International and Domestic Health Hazards Posed by the 2014 West African Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak}, volume={7}, url={https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/5745}, DOI={10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5745}, abstractNote={<p class="p1">An epidemic of "ebolavirus" in West Africa, which was first identified in March 2014, is now the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak on record. The West African epidemic will only be quelled through widespread adherence of public health initiatives promoting barrier-nursing techniques, health education, and the rapid identification of cases. The ongoing EVD outbreak in West Africa is unlikely to affect public health in the U.S. significantly.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Online Journal of Public Health Informatics}, author={Hickey, Andrew and Cheeseman Barthel, Sarah and Blessington, Tyann and Brown, Yandace K. and Wong, Diana Y. and Albrecht, William N. and Freese, Mark and Quitugua, Teresa}, year={2015}, month={Feb.} }