Outbreaks in a Rapidly Changing Central Africa - Lessons from Ebola

Vincent J Munster¹, Daniel G Bausch¹, Emmie de Wit¹+9

• ¹From the Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT (V.J.M., E.W., R.F., S.N.S.); the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, Public Health England-London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London (D.G.B.); the University of Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada (G.K.); the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg (C.M.-F.), the German Center for Infection Research, Hamburg (C.M.-F.), and the Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen (F.N.) - all in Germany; the Wildlife Conservation Society, Wildlife Health Program, Bronx, NY (S.H.O.); Médecins sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium (A.S.); the Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Medicale and Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University Marien Ngouabi (F.N.), and the Laboratoire National de Santé Publique, Brazzaville (J.-V.M.) - both in the Republic of the Congo; and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Liberia and the Incidence Management System of Liberia, Ebola Case Management Team, Monrovia, Liberia (M.M.).