What is it about?
Ebola Virus Disease is a viral hemorrhagic fever found most commonly in Central Africa. Transmission occurs through body and body fluid contact. Prevention of the spread of the virus includes increasing awareness about the disease, rapid recognition, and proper access and means to isolate infected persons. Testing has resumed to find a vaccine to protect humans.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
With global travel, viral spread has been precipitated and outbreaks harder to contain. Ebola has been introduced into the United States, with clear evidence that we were not well prepared to manage such a crisis.
Perspectives
Raising public awareness and education about such potentially deadly outbreaks are the best defenses against pandemics. Ebola is not new. It was first discovered in 1976. Before 2020, it is imperative that the world has a vaccine to prevent such contagion.
Anna Jarrett
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Reviews of Science for Science Librarians: Ebola Virus Disease, Science & Technology Libraries, October 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/0194262x.2014.973988.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
