Ebola virus in West Africa: new conquered territories and new risks—or how I learned to stop worrying and (not) love Ebola virus

S Baize - Current opinion in virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Ebola virus has emerged for the first time in West Africa in early 2014.•The virus
has rapidly spread to neighboring countries, becoming out of control.•The area of viral
circulation has dramatically widened, leading to new risks.•International public health and
security concerns result from this outbreak.•The whole tropical belt from Africa is now at risk
for filovirus disease.After being restricted to Central Africa for 35 years, the Ebola virus has
suddenly emerged in Guinea in early 2014. The virus rapidly spread to Liberia and Sierra …