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Ebola
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The current Ebola outbreak in west Africa, (first cases notified in March 2014), is the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak since the Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976. There have been more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined. It has also spread between countries starting in Guinea then spreading across land borders to Sierra Leone and Liberia, by air (1 traveller only) to Nigeria, and by land (1 traveller) to Senegal.

The most severely affected countries, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have very weak health systems, lacking human and infrastructural resources, having only recently emerged from long periods of conflict and instability. On August 8, the WHO Director-General declared this outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. — source: WHO 

Thus far, two people have been diagnosed with  Ebola in the United states, both healthcare workers who treated a patient from Liberia in a Texas hospital.

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Dr. Campo is an expert on infectious diseases, with a clinical focus on resistance to antiretroviral therapy and management of treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients.  Department Bio / CV

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