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EBOV2014 Timeline

"On March 23, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea. On August 8, the WHO declared the epidemic to be a “public health emergency of international concern.”

"These data indicate that without drastic improvements in control measures, the numbers of cases of and deaths from EVD are expected to continue increasing from hundreds to thousands per week in the coming months."

Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — The First 9 Months of the Epidemic and Forward Projections WHO Ebola Response Team*
N Engl J Med 2014; 371:1481-1495October 16, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411100
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1411100

Barrier method invented by Fatu Kekula
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/25/health/ebola-fatu-family/index.html

Firestone in Liberia managed the ourbreak
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/10/06/354054915/firestone-did-what-governments-have-not-stopped-ebola-in-its-tracks

Transmissability via skin contact, not bodily fluids
http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/196/Supplement_2/S142.full

Ebola may be airborne under some conditions
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/09/commentary-health-workers-need-optimal-respiratory-protection-ebola

CDC Guidelies call for an Airborne Isolation Room for Ebola
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/infection-prevention-and-control-recommendations.html

By December 2014 8 doctors had died in Sierra Leone
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/06/doctor-treated-british-run-ebola-clinic-sierra-leone-dies

December 2014 - WHO.INT issues handbook of Ebola care (accessed March 2018)
http://imaiimcialliance.org/documents/Sierra%20Leone%20Ebola%20Treatment%20Center%20pocket%20guide%20December%202014.pdf

"29 January 2015 Last updated at 00:55 - We've now seen several cases that don't have any symptoms at all, asymptomatic cases," said Anavaj Sakuntabhai who suggested the virus might be mutating.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-31019097

British nurse cured of Ebola credits new drug - and strawberries
"Back in Britain, the decision to try MIL 77 was not difficult. “I said ‘I have Ebola, so, yes, I’d rather have that than high-dose vitamin C,’” she said"
"“I reckon I’ve had 10 punnets,” joked Corporal Anna Cross, who smiled nervously as she talked for the first time after her treatment at the Royal Free Hospital in north London." (10 punnets would be about equal to two 1000mg injections a day)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11499584/Nurse-who-became-first-in-world-to-be-cured-of-Ebola-by-experimental-drug-is-discharged.html

April 2015 - semen found infected after 175 days, twue the previous record.
http://io9.com/ebola-survivors-are-being-urged-to-abstain-from-sex-1698996342

The Ebola outbreak in Liberia is over
9 May 2015 -- Today marks 42 days since the last confirmed case of Ebola in Liberia was safely buried — the period of time set by WHO to declare an outbreak over. WHO now considers Liberia free of Ebola transmission.
http://apps.who.int/ebola/liberias-success-in-ending-ebola

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - Ebola Not Mutating Beyond 'Normal' Rate, Scientists Say
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_152522.html

28 May 2015 | Did real-time epidemic modeling save lives in West Africa?
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/how-computer-modelers-took-on-the-ebola-outbreak

David Schechter, WFAA 8:22 p.m. CDT September 28, 2015
One year after Ebola, Dallas adds chief resiliency officer
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/09/28/dallas-chief-resiliency-officer-ebola/73008186/

CBC News wins International Emmy for Ebola coverage in Liberia
Ebola project beat out three other contenders in the international news category
CBC News Posted: Sep 28, 2015 10:26 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 28, 2015 11:47 PM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/cbc-news-wins-international-emmy-for-ebola-coverage-in-liberia-1.3247961

Post-Ebola America: How We're Still Responding To The Outbreak, One Year Later We're never going to be the same again.
Anna Almendrala
Healthy Living Editor, Huffington Post
Posted: 09/09/2015 10:40 AM EDT
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/post-ebola-america-after-the-outbreak_55ef4fd7e4b03784e276f927

Guinea celebrates victory over Ebola
Published: 12:46 pm, Sunday, 27 September 2015
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/africa/2015/09/27/guinea-celebrates-victory-over-ebola.html

Comprehensive stats
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston last updated 4 July 2015
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/westafrica-ebola.html