Sørensen Linda Løhde, Permin Henrik, Fischer Thea Kølsen
Ugeskr Laeger. 2015 Sep 28;177(40):V04150334.
The 2014 Ebola fever outbreak was the first of its kind in West Africa. This epidemic, affecting multiple countries, by far exceeded any previous outbreak in case counts and geographical spread. But Ebola viruses are not new to Africa, as they have occurred in epidemic proportion in the central part of the continent since 1976. The objective of this article is to compare previous outbreaks with the ongoing epidemic in an effort to identify some of the factors which have con-tributed to the size and scope of the existing outbreak.
2014年埃博拉热疫情是西非首次出现此类疫情。这场影响多个国家的流行病，在病例数量和地理传播范围上远远超过了以往任何一次疫情。但埃博拉病毒对非洲来说并不陌生，自1976年以来，它们就在非洲大陆中部以流行病的规模出现。本文的目的是将以往的疫情与当前的疫情进行比较，以找出一些导致此次疫情规模和范围的因素。
