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

Affiliations

• ¹ 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. Electronic address: bockarie@edctp.org.
• ² International Society for Infectious Diseases. Electronic address: jhanson@isid.org.
• ³ School of Community Health Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone. Electronic address: r.ansumana@njala.edu.sl.
• ⁴ Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana. Electronic address: dyeboah-manu@noguchi.ug.edu.gh.
• ⁵ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, United Kingdom; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: a.zumla@ucl.ac.uk.
• ⁶ International Society for Infectious Diseases; Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. Electronic address: sslee@cuhk.edu.hk.