TY - JOUR AU - Hickey, Andrew AU - Cheeseman Barthel, Sarah AU - Blessington, Tyann AU - Brown, Yandace K. AU - Wong, Diana Y. AU - Albrecht, William N. AU - Freese, Mark AU - Quitugua, Teresa PY - 2015/02/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - An Analysis of the International and Domestic Health Hazards Posed by the 2014 West African Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak JF - Online Journal of Public Health Informatics JA - OJPHI VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Lightning Talks DO - 10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5745 UR - https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/5745 SP - AB - <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> ER -