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From: Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Filoviruses: Ebola and Marburg Red Book® 2015, 2015 Figure Legend: This map illustrates the geographic distribution, as of October 10, 2014, of the West African Ebola outbreak, and demarcates some of the salient focal points involved in the epidemiologic investigation of what has become an international epidemic including the location of Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs), field laboratories, transit centers, and hospitals. Also indicated were the regions where there were newly-active, and previously-active cases, and areas where there were no suspected cases.The Ebola outbreak is one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history and the first in West Africa. At the time of this map’s creation countries classified as sustaining “widespread transmission” included Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Countries exhibiting “localized transmission” included Nigeria (Port Harcourt and Lagos), Spain (Madrid), and the United States (Dallas, Texas). Finally, the country of Senegal exhibited a single case in its capital city of Dakar. Courtesy of World Health Organization Date of download: 10/7/2017 Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics. All rights reserved.
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