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Outbreak culture : the Ebola crisis and the next epidemic, with a new preface and epilogue / Pardis Sabeti and Lara Salahi.

Author/creator Sabeti, Pardis, 1975-
Other author/creatorSalahi, Lara, 1986-
Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst Harvard University Press paperback edition
Publication InfoCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Descriptionxix, 267 pages : map ; 21 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject(s)
Contents Preface to the paperback edition -- Prologue: The people's fighter -- Setting for disaster -- The crucible of outbreak response -- The case for collaboration -- The wavering response -- Distrust in a culture of compassion -- Epidemic of fear -- Investment and accountability -- Ebola's fallout -- Navigating the next epidemic -- Epilogue to the paperback edition.
Abstract "An award-winning genetic researcher and a tenacious journalist examine each phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the largest and deadliest of its kind. Their postmortem identifies factors that kept key information from reaching doctors, complicated the government's response to the crisis, and left responders unprepared for the next outbreak"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Other edition issuedRevision of: Sabeti, Pardis, 1975- Outbreak culture. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018 9780674976115
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021021344
ISBN9780674260474 (paperback)

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