Infectious disease: Tough choices to reduce Ebola transmission

Christopher J. M. Whitty (), Jeremy Farrar, Neil Ferguson, W. John Edmunds, Peter Piot, Melissa Leach and Sally C. Davies
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Christopher J. M. Whitty: Christopher J. M. Whitty is chief scientific adviser at the UK Department for International Development.
Jeremy Farrar: Jeremy Farrar is director of the Wellcome Trust in London, UK.
Neil Ferguson: Neil Ferguson is professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London, UK.
W. John Edmunds: W. John Edmunds is professor of infectious-disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.
Peter Piot: Peter Piot is director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.
Melissa Leach: Melissa Leach is director of the Institute for Development Studies in Brighton, UK.
Sally C. Davies: Sally C. Davies is chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser at the UK Department of Health.

Nature, 2014, vol. 515, issue 7526, 192-194

Abstract: Christopher J. M. Whitty and colleagues explain why the United Kingdom is funding many small community centres to isolate suspected cases in Sierra Leone.

Date: 2014
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