Outbreak culture : the Ebola crisis and the next epidemic /

Sabeti, Pardis, 1975-

Outbreak culture : the Ebola crisis and the next epidemic / Ebola crisis and the next epidemic Pardis Sabeti and Lara Salahi. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xviii, 255 pages) : map, illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Setting for disaster -- The crucible of outbreak response -- The case for collaboration -- The wavering response -- Distrust in a culture of compassion -- Epidemic of fear -- Investment and accountability -- Ebola's fallout -- Navigating the next epidemic.

An award-winning genetic researcher and a tenacious journalist examine each phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the largest and deadliest of its kind. Their postmortem identifies factors that kept key information from reaching doctors, complicated the government's response to the crisis, and left responders unprepared for the next outbreak.--



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Ebola virus disease--History.--Africa, West
Ebola virus disease--Epidemiology.--Africa, West
Epidemics.
Public health--History.--Africa, West


Electronic Books.

RC140 / .O983 2018