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Ebola: An Evolving Story (Hardcover)
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Ebola: An Evolving Story (Hardcover)
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Selected as CHOICE magazine's Outstanding Academic Title, January
2017.The book is a narrative of the unfolding of the Ebola virus
disease outbreak from a scientific view point. The author provides
an analysis of the scientific basis of public health policies that
have influenced the public's, and the medical community's,
abilities to understand the virus and the disease. This is done in
the context of providing insights into the biology of the virus,
and exploring open questions, including its likely modes of
transmission. The author has included citations from the scientific
literature and the press, as well as quotes from expert interviews.
The book will help sort out the fact from fiction, given the
confusion that arose after the virus arrived in the US. The author
used his objective research skills and knowledge of evolutionary
genetics and molecular biology to find out what was known, and what
questions remained unanswered, and even what questions remained
unasked.Written in an accessible style, it is intended for the
educated general public, scientists, policy makers, health care
workers, and politicians. It delves into the problems of trying to
derive a logic-based understanding of a highly lethal emerging
disease in 2014, when research funding cuts have gutted research
institutions, and when public health institutions really were
woefully unprepared. It is a highly distinct narrative analysis
that is sure to stimulate new research and thinking in public
policy. It will inform thousands of people of the nature of the
virus, how it works, in terms they are likely to be able to
understand. It will allow others to rapidly catch up with the story
of Ebola.
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