Ebola virus haemorrhagic fever. Edited by Stefan R. Pattyn.
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Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1978 CE.
Among the essays in this book two are of special note:
1. Piot, P., Sureau, P., Breman, J.G., Clinical aspects of Ebola virus infection in Yambuku area, Zaire, 1976 (pp. 157-166). This is the first clinical description of Ebola haemorrhagic fever. The authors were the first team of Westerners to arrive at and enter the Yambuku mission hospital.
2. Sureau, P., Piot, P., Breman, J.G. Containment and surveillance of an epidemic of Ebola virus infection in Yambuku area, Zaire, 1976. (pp. 116-121). The first account of the heroic efforts of the authors to contain this epidemic at its epicenter under practically unsurmountable odds.
(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
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Publication place: Amsterdam