"The scale of the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa is staggering. Thousands of infections and deaths have been reported in recent months, and unless major changes occur in the situation, incidence of Ebola virus disease has been projected to continue to grow and cumulative incidence to exceed 20 000 by November. A humanitarian crisis that stretches far beyond the impact of Ebola virus infections is unfolding in Africa, devastating the health systems and economies in affected countries. In the present outbreak, most infections remain confined to west Africa, although four cases have been detected outside this region: three cases diagnosed in Dallas, USA (of which one infection was contracted in Liberia and two were associated with nosocomial transmission from the first case), and one case in Madrid, Spain, associated with nosocomial transmission"...
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