Health seeking behavior after the 2013-16 Ebola epidemic: Lassa fever as a metric of persistent changes in Kenema District, Sierra Leone.

Health seeking behavior after the 2013-16 Ebola epidemic: Lassa fever as a metric of persistent changes in Kenema District, Sierra Leone.

<h4>Background</h4>The West African Ebola epidemic of 2013-2016 killed nearly 4,000 Sierra Leoneans and devastated health infrastructure across West Africa. Changes in health seeking behavior (HSB) during the outbreak resulted in dramatic underreporting and substantial declines in hospit...

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Main Authors: Mikaela R Koch, Lansana Kanneh, Paul H Wise, Lianne M Kurina, Foday Alhasan, Robert F Garry, John S Schieffelin, Jeffrey G Shaffer, Donald S Grant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009576

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009576

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