The re-emergence of Marburg virus Disease in West Africa: how prepared is the sub-region for preventing recurrent zoonotic outbreaks?

• Moses John Bockarie,
• Jarod Hanson,
• Rashid Ansumana,
• Dorothy Yeboah-Manu,
• Alimuddin Zumla,
• Shui Shan Lee

Affiliations

Moses John Bockarie

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Community Health Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone; International Society for Infectious Diseases; Corresponding author: Professor Moses Bockarie.

Jarod Hanson

International Society for Infectious Diseases

Rashid Ansumana

School of Community Health Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

Alimuddin Zumla

Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, United Kingdom; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Shui Shan Lee

International Society for Infectious Diseases; Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong