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. 2015 Jun 19;30(3):234–237. doi: 10.1007/s12250-015-3564-9

Are developing countries prepared to face Ebola-like outbreaks?

Aftab Ahmad 1,2,, Sadia Ashraf 2, Shoji Komai 1
PMCID: PMC8200884  PMID: 26122643

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We acknowledge all the researchers and health care workers who contributed to stop the spread of Ebola infection. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. This article does not contain any studies with human or animals subjects performed by any of the authors.

ORCID: 0000-0003-4002-742X

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